The potential of the extracts of Tagetes minuta Linnaeus (Asteraceae), Acalypha fruticosa Forssk (Euphorbiaceae) and Tarchonanthus camphoratus L. (Compositae) against Phlebotomus duboscqi Neveu Lemaire (Diptera: Psychodidae), the vector for Leishmania major Yakimoff and Schokhor

Journal of Vector Borne Diseases

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 168-174

  Ireri, Laban N ^a,b,d   Kongoro, Jedida ^b   Ngure, Peter ^c   Mutai, Charles ^d   Langat, Bernard ^d   Tonui, Willy ^d   Kimutai, Albert ^b,d   Mucheru, Obadiah ^e  

^a Division of Vector Borne and Neglected Tropical Diseases   (Kenya)

^b KENYATTA UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^c DAYSTAR UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^d KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^e INTERNATIONAL CENTRE OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY ICIPE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Acalypha fruticosa; Leishmaniases

Indexed keywords

ACALYPHA FRUTICOSA EXTRACT; ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; INSECTICIDE; METHANOL; PLANT EXTRACT; TAGETES MINUTA EXTRACT; TARCHONANTHUS CAMPHORATUS EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACALYPHA FRUTICOSA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; EUPHORBIA; FEMALE; HIGHER PLANT; INSECTICIDAL ACTIVITY; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; MALE; MARIGOLD; NONHUMAN; PHLEBOTOMUS; TAGETES MINUTA; TARCHONANTHUS CAMPHORATUS; VECTOR CONTROL;

ANIMALS; ASTERACEAE; EUPHORBIACEAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; INSECTICIDES; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; MALE; PHLEBOTOMUS; PLANT EXTRACTS; TAGETES;

EID: 77957342572     PISSN: 09729062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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