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Larval control: When the tools are fine but their application goes wrong…

In most African countries bednets have become common and are contributing to saving countless lives of children. Scaling up of this intervention continues in the second decade of this millennium. Indoor residual spraying is widely practiced though a less common sight in many parts of Africa where spray teams do not reach far-off communities in rural settings.

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Amaranthus oleracea and Euphorbia hirta: natural potential larvicidal agents against the urban Indian malaria vector, Anopheles stephensi Liston (Diptera: Culicidae)

Author(s): 
Preeti Sharma, Lalit Mohan & C. N. Srivastava
Reference: 
Parasitology Research, Volume 106, Number 1 / December, 2009 : 171-176

The present work highlights the larvicidal property of extracts of Amaranthus oleracea and Euphorbia hirta against the third instar larvae of Anopheles stephensi, the urban malaria vector.

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