An ethnobotanical survey of mosquito repellent plants in uMkhanyakude district, KwaZulu-Natal province, South Africa

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 137, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1516-1520

  Mavundza, E J ^a,b   Maharaj, R ^a   Finnie, J F ^b   Kabera, G ^a   Van Staden, J ^b  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Malaria; Mosquitoes; Plant species; Repellents; uMkhanyakude district

Indexed keywords

INSECT REPELLENT;

ADULT; AGED; ALOE FEROX; ANACARDIACEAE; ARTICLE; BALANITE MAUGHAMII; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSECT BITE; LIPPIA JAVANICA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MALE; MANGO; MEDICINAL PLANT; MELIA AZEDARACH; MELIACEAE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL AREA; SCLEROCARYA BIRREA; SOUTH AFRICA; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; CULICIDAE; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DATA COLLECTION; ETHNOBOTANY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; INSECT REPELLENTS; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOSQUITO CONTROL; PLANT PREPARATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOUTH AFRICA;

ALOE FEROX; ANACARDIACEAE; ATALAYA ALATA; LIPPIA JAVANICA; MANGIFERA INDICA; MELIA AZEDARACH; MELIACEAE; OLAX; SCLEROCARYA BIRREA; TRICHILIA;

EID: 80054947306     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2011.08.040     Document Type: Article

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