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Open Access | The role of cow urine in the oviposition site preference of culicine and Anopheles mosquitoes

Author(s): 
Eliningaya J Kweka, Eunice A Owino, Beda J Mwang'onde, Aneth M Mahande, Mramba Nyindo and Franklin Mosha
Reference: 
Parasites & Vectors 2011, 4:184
Contact email: 
euniceowino@gmail.com

Data analysis was performed using parametric and non-parametric tests for treatments and controls while attraction of the oviposition substrate in each species was presented using Oviposition Activity Index (OAI).

Open Access | Geographic medicine: Oviposition deterrence induced by Ocimum kilimandscharicum and Ocimum suave extracts to gravid Anopheles gambiae s.s (Diptera: Culicidae) in laboratory

Author(s): 
Eliningaya J Kweka, Ester E Lyatuu, Michael A Mboya, Beda J Mwang'onde, Aneth M Mahande
Reference: 
Journal of Global Infectious Diseases, Volume 2 : 3 Page : 242-245, 2010
Contact email: 
pat.kweka@gmail.com

Further research needs to be done on the effect of secondary metabolites of these plant extracts as they decompose in the breeding sites. In the event of favorable results, the potential of these plant extracts can be harnessed on a larger scale.

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