Repellent plants provide affordable natural screening to prevent mosquito house entry in tropical rural settings-results from a pilot efficacy study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  Mng'ong'o, Frank C ^a,b   Sambali, Joseph J ^c,d   Sabas, Eustachkius ^a   Rubanga, Justine ^a   Magoma, Jaka ^a   Ntamatungiro, Alex J ^c   Turner, Elizabeth L ^b   Nyogea, Daniel ^c   Ensink, Jeroen H J ^b   Moore, Sarah J ^b,c  

^a Concern Worldwide Tanzania ^*  (Tanzania)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c IFAKARA HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

^d DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOPHELES; ANOPHELES FUNESTUS; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; DATA ANALYSIS; HOUSING; INSECT CONTROL; LANTANA CAMARA; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; PILOT STUDY; PLANT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPELLENT PLANT; RURAL AREA; SAMPLING; SOCIAL STATUS; TANZANIA; TROPICS; VECTOR CONTROL; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY SIZE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; INSECT BITE; LANTANA; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ANOPHELES FUNESTUS; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; LANTANA; LANTANA CAMARA;

INSECT REPELLENT;

ANIMALS; CULICIDAE; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; HUMANS; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; INSECT REPELLENTS; LANTANA; MOSQUITO CONTROL; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PILOT PROJECTS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RURAL POPULATION; TANZANIA; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 80053972871     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0025927     Document Type: Article

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