Essential oils for the development of eco-friendly mosquito larvicides: a review

R Pavela - Industrial crops and products, 2015 - Elsevier
Mosquitoes serve as vectors for a wide variety of human and veterinary pathogens and
parasites and cause extensive morbidity and mortality, and are a major economic burden …

Characterizing, controlling and eliminating residual malaria transmission

GF Killeen - Malaria journal, 2014 - Springer
Long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) and indoor residual spraying (IRS) interventions can
reduce malaria transmission by targeting mosquitoes when they feed upon sleeping …

Ross, Macdonald, and a theory for the dynamics and control of mosquito-transmitted pathogens

DL Smith, KE Battle, SI Hay, CM Barker, TW Scott… - PLoS …, 2012 - journals.plos.org
Ronald Ross and George Macdonald are credited with developing a mathematical model of
mosquito-borne pathogen transmission. A systematic historical review suggests that several …

Acute toxicity and synergistic and antagonistic effects of the aromatic compounds of some essential oils against Culex quinquefasciatus Say larvae

R Pavela - Parasitology research, 2015 - Springer
The efficacy of 30 aromatic compounds and their mutual binary combinations was assessed
for acute toxicity against the larvae Culex quinquefasciatus. Based on comparison of the …

Mosquito larval source management for controlling malaria

LS Tusting, J Thwing, D Sinclair… - Cochrane database …, 2013 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Malaria is an important cause of illness and death in people living in many parts
of the world, especially sub‐Saharan Africa. Long‐lasting insecticide treated bed nets …

Prevention efforts for malaria

TA Tizifa, AN Kabaghe, RS McCann… - … tropical medicine reports, 2018 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Malaria remains a global burden contributing to morbidity and
mortality especially in children under 5 years of age. Despite the progress achieved towards …

Malaria in school‐age children in A frica: an increasingly important challenge

J Nankabirwa, SJ Brooker, SE Clarke… - Tropical medicine & …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
School‐age children have attracted relatively little attention as a group in need of special
measures to protect them against malaria. However, increasing success in lowering the …

The fight against malaria: diminishing gains and growing challenges

JM Cohen, F Okumu, B Moonen - Science Translational Medicine, 2022 - science.org
Since the year 2000, historic reductions in malaria incidence and mortality have been driven
by the widespread distribution of bed nets, drugs, and insecticides for the prevention and …

Bacterial larvicides used for malaria vector control in sub-Saharan Africa: review of their effectiveness and operational feasibility

YA Derua, EJ Kweka, WN Kisinza, AK Githeko… - Parasites & vectors, 2019 - Springer
Several trials and reviews have outlined the potential role of larviciding for malaria control in
sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) to supplement the core indoor insecticide-based interventions. It …

[PDF][PDF] Residual transmission of malaria: an old issue for new approaches

L Durnez, M Coosemans - Anopheles mosquitoes: new …, 2013 - repository.uantwerpen.be
Malaria is one of the most serious vector-borne diseases, affecting millions of people mainly
in the tropics. Recently, a substantial decline in malaria incidence has been observed all …