Ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plants used as insects repellents in six malaria endemic localities of Cameroon

Ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plants used as insects repellents in six malaria endemic localities of Cameroon

Abstract Background The combined efforts to combat outdoor/indoor transmission of malaria parasites are hampered by the emerging vector resistance in a wide variety of malaria-endemic settings of Africa and the rest of the world, stressing the need for alternative control measures. This study aimed...

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Main Authors: Roger Ducos Fokouo Youmsi, Patrick Valère Tsouh Fokou, Elisabeth Zeuko’o Menkem, Issakou Bakarnga-Via, Rodrigue Keumoe, Victor Nana, Fabrice Fekam Boyom
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-06-01
Series:Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine
Subjects:
Ethnobotanical knowledge
Malaria
Insects
Repellent plants
Mosquitoes
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13002-017-0155-x

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