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A low-cost repellent for malaria vectors in the Americas: results of two field trials in Guatemala and Peru [PDF]
Malaria Journal, 2007 Background The cost of mosquito repellents in Latin America has discouraged their wider use among the poor. To address this problem, a low-cost repellent was developed that reduces the level of expensive repellent actives by combining them with ...
Sihuincha Moisés +4 more
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An Ethnobotanical Study on Medicinal Plants Used as Antidote for Snakebite and as Snake Repellent in the Ejisu-Juabeng District of Ghana [PDF]
Research Journal of Pharmacognosy, 2021 Background and objectives: Anecdotal evidence shows that plant remedies used by rural folks to repel snakes and those used during snake envenomation are sometimes effective and offer an appreciable survival rate among victims of snake bites.
Evelyn Asante-Kwatia* +2 more
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ATTRACTANT AND REPELLENT EFFECT OF EXTRACTS OF WATER AND HEXAN OF CUMIN AND FENNEL SEEDS ON KHABRA BEETLE TROGODERMA GRANARIUM (EVERT) [PDF]
Mesopotamia Journal of Agriculture, 2012 Result of attractant and repellent effect at three concentration 1 ,3 and 5 % of water and hexen cumin and Fennel seeds extracts on Khabra larvae feeding on wheat seeds, showed that both extract types had repellent effect at all concentrations ...
Wafa abid yehya
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PLoS ONE, 2023 The increased interest in outdoor activities has prompted the demand for water-repellent fabrics that can withstand various environmental factors. In this study, the water repellency and physical properties, namely thickness, weight, tensile strength ...
Seyeon Kim +5 more
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Chemical Composition and Insecticidal Activities of Essential Oils against the Pulse Beetle
Molecules, 2022 Pulse beetles, Callosobruchus chinensis and Callosobruchus maculatus, are essential pests of cowpea, gram, soybean and pulses. Application of synthetic insecticides against the pulse beetle has led to insect resistance; insecticide residues on grains ...
C. S. Jayaram +3 more
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Aerosol and Air Quality Research, 2023 This study performed surface treatment of Flumex, polyimide, and membrane-covered aramid (chosen as test substrates) by the C8-1833 water-repellent agent.
Zhongkai Yu +3 more
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Insects, 2022 Pear psyllids are the main vectors of the pathogen ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma pyri’ causing pear decline. Based on earlier reports, we tested the behavioral activity of the major synthetic compounds of clove essential oil (eugenol, eugenyl acetate, and β ...
Bruna Czarnobai De Jorge +2 more
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Insects, 2023 Bark beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) are among the most damaging tree pests globally. Rising temperatures, drought, fire, storms, cyclones, and poor forest management cause stress and loss of vigour in trees, and these conditions favour ...
Somia Afzal +3 more
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Do topical repellents divert mosquitoes within a community? Health equity implications of topical repellents as a mosquito bite prevention tool. [PDF]
, 2013 OBJECTIVES: Repellents do not kill mosquitoes--they simply reduce human-vector contact. Thus it is possible that individuals who do not use repellents but dwell close to repellent users experience more bites than otherwise.
DC Chavasse +22 more
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Development of a Mosquito Repellent Formulation Based on Nanostructured Lipid Carriers
Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2021 Arboviral diseases are a threat to global public health systems, with recent data suggesting that around 40% of the world’s population is at risk of contracting arboviruses. The use of mosquito repellents is an appropriate strategy to avoid humans coming
Daniele Carvalho Abrantes +8 more
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