Ethnobotanical knowledge on botanical repellents employed in the African region against mosquito vectors - A review

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 167, Issue , 2016, Pages 103-108

  Pavela, Roman ^a   Benelli, Giovanni ^b  

^a CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aedes; Anopheles; Arbovirus; Culex; Dengue; Filariasis; Insect repellents; Malaria; Mosquito borne diseases; Zika virus

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUND; ESSENTIAL OIL; INSECT REPELLENT; INSECTICIDE; PLANT EXTRACT;

AEDES; AFRICA; ANOPHELES; CITRUS; CULEX; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ETHNOBOTANY; EUCALYPTUS; HERB; HUMAN; MELIACEAE; MOSQUITO; MOSQUITO BITE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SMOKE; VECTOR CONTROL; ANIMAL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BED NET; CLASSIFICATION; ETHNOLOGY; INSECT VECTOR;

AFRICA; ANIMALS; CULICIDAE; ETHNOBOTANY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; INSECT REPELLENTS; INSECT VECTORS; MOSQUITO NETS; PLANT EXTRACTS;

EID: 84973402651     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: 10902449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2016.05.010     Document Type: Review

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