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Plant-Based Insect Repellents: A Review Of Their Efficacy, Development and Testing. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Plant-based repellents have been used for generations in traditional practice as a personal protection measure against host-seeking mosquitoes. Knowledge on traditional repellent plants obtained through ethnobotanical studies is a valuable resource for ...
Maia, Marta Ferreira, Moore, Sarah J
core   +5 more sources

Absence of knockdown mutations in pyrethroid and DDT resistant populations of the main malaria vectors in Colombia

open access: yesMalaria Journal, 2019
Background Knockdown resistance (kdr) is a well-characterized target-site insecticide resistance mechanism that is associated with DDT and pyrethroid resistance.
Lorena I. Orjuela   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

An improved mosquito electrocuting trap that safely reproduces epidemiologically relevant metrics of mosquito human-feeding behaviours as determined by human landing catch [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Background: Reliable quantification of mosquito host—seeking behaviours is required to determine the efficacy of vector control methods. For malaria, the gold standard approach remains the risky human landing catch (HLC).
Ferguson, Heather M.   +7 more
core   +5 more sources

In silico comparative genomics analysis of Plasmodium falciparum for the identification of putative essential genes and therapeutic candidates.

open access: yes, 2014
A sequence of computational methods was used for predicting novel drug targets against drug resistant malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum. Comparative genomics, orthologous protein analysis among same and other malaria parasites and protein-protein ...
Altschul   +45 more
core   +1 more source

Mapping a knowledge-based malaria hazard index related to landscape using remote sensing : application to the cross-border area between French Guiana and Brazil [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Malaria remains one of the most common vector-borne diseases in the world and the definition of novel control strategies can benefit from the modeling of transmission processes.
Dessay, Nadine   +7 more
core   +5 more sources

Epidemiology of Disappearing Plasmodium vivax Malaria: A Case Study in Rural Amazonia [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Background: New frontier settlements across the Amazon Basin pose a major challenge for malaria elimination in Brazil. Here we describe the epidemiology of malaria during the early phases of occupation of farming settlements in Remansinho area, Brazilian
Barbosa, Susana   +16 more
core   +3 more sources

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