The effectiveness of strobilanthes crispus as repellent against aedes aegypti / Nur Azma Abdul Wahab

• Main Author: Abdul Wahab, Nur Azma
• Format: Student Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: Arthropoda; Insects; Diptera (Flies); 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/45747/1/45747.PDF; http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/45747/

The incidence of dengue fever increased dramatically and one of major public concern in Malaysia. In 2013, the number of dengue cases in Malaysia keeps increasing. A mosquito repellent is a substance applied to skin, clothing, or other surfaces which discourages insects (and arthropods in general) f...