Risorse Tagged: Mosquito Control
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01/01/2001 This research investigated mosquito breeding in nine small irrigation reservoirs during 1995-97. It was found that these tanks contributed to the malaria risk in Sri Lanka. 28 pages, illustrated Research Report 57
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01/01/2002 The purpose of this booklet, prepared primarily for the African region, is to provide a new and more simplified approach to treatment and use of insecticide-treated mosquito nets. The approach is based on experience in the field over recent years and a better understanding of insecticides and...
- Speed read Researchers develop a low-cost, biodegradable larvicide to fight Aedes aegypi Its active ingredient, thyme essential oil, is contained in a corn starch shell When in stagnant water, the shell disperses the oil that is lethal to mosquitoes Industrial Crops and Products Volume 136,15...
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20/01/2006 In an experiment reported in theIndian Journal ofMalariology(33: 81-87), authors M.A. Ansari and R.K. Razdan describe how burning 1% neem oil in kerosene lamps from dusk to dawn resulted in the movement of the mosquitoAnophelesculicifacies(a carrier of the malaria pathogen) from living rooms to...
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Malaria Journal 2017 Abstract Background A neglected aspect of alien invasive plant species is their influence on mosquito vector ecology and malaria transmission. Invasive plants that are highly attractive toAnophelesmosquitoes provide them with sugar that is critical to their survival. The...