Assessment of repellent activity of ipomoea cairica (morning glory) extracts against aeded aegypti mosquito / Niram Munirah Mohamed Bederi

• Main Author: Mohamed Bederi, Niram Munirah
• Format: Student Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: Invertebrates; Arthropoda; Diptera (Flies); Culicidae (Mosquitoes); RA Public aspects of medicine; Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine; Environmental health. Including sewage disposal, air pollution, nuisances, water supply; Communicable diseases and public health; Infectious and parasitic diseases
• Online Access: http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/45687/1/45687.PDF; http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/45687/

Mosquito-borne diseases cause millions of deaths worldwide every year. Dengue fever is one of the important mosquito-borne diseases. Aedes aegypti mosquitoes are the main vector for dengue fever. The dengue viruses are passed on to humans through the bites of an infective female Aedes mosquito (WHO,...