Repellent efficacy of DEET, MyggA, neem (Azedirachta indica) oil and chinaberry (Melia azedarach) oil against Anopheles arabiensis, the principal malaria vector in Ethiopia

Malaria Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Abiy, Ephrem ^a   Gebre Michael, Teshome ^b   Balkew, Meshesha ^b   Medhin, Girmay ^b  

^a CARTER CENTER   (United States)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Anopheles arabiensis; Chinaberry oil; DEET; MyggA; Neem; Niger seed noog ; Repellent; Vector

Indexed keywords

4 METHANE DIOL; CHINABERRY OIL; EDIBLE OIL; INSECT REPELLENT; N,N DIETHYL 1,3 METHYLBENZAMIDE; NEEM OIL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ACYLGLYCEROL; DIETHYLTOLUAMIDE; TERPENE; VEGETABLE OIL;

ADULT; ANOPHELES ARABIENSIS; ARTICLE; AZADIRACHTA INDICA; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; DISEASE CARRIER; ETHIOPIA; FIELD STUDY; GUIZOTIA ABYSSINICA; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSECTICIDAL ACTIVITY; MALARIA CONTROL; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MELIA AZEDARACH; NONHUMAN; PLANT SEED; PROPHYLAXIS; PROTECTION TIME; VECTOR CONTROL; YOUNG ADULT; ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; CHEMISTRY; CHILD; INSECT VECTOR; MALARIA; MOSQUITO CONTROL;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; CHILD; DEET; ETHIOPIA; GLYCERIDES; HUMANS; INSECT REPELLENTS; INSECT VECTORS; MALARIA; MALE; MELIA AZEDARACH; MOSQUITO CONTROL; PLANT OILS; TERPENES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84930652779     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12936-015-0705-4     Document Type: Article

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