Browsing Research Papers (RP) by Subject "Phlebotomus duboscqi"

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Effects of essential oils of lemon grass, Cymbopogon citratus and the Mexican marigold, Tagetes minuta on mortality and oviposition in adult sandflies, Phlebotomus duboscqi

Ngeiywa, Moses; Njagi, Peter G. N.; Mulaa, Margaret; Ingonga, Johnstone; Nyamwamu, Lydia B.; Ombati, Cyprian; Ngumbi, Philip; Kimutai, Albert (International Journal of Biomedical Research, 2015)

The efficacy of the essential oils of Cymbopogon citratus and Tagetes minuta in causing mortality in adults of the sandfly Phlebotomus duboscqi was tested in a laboratory bioassay. The effect of the oils on oviposition ...
Repellent effects of the essential oils of Cymbopogon citratus and Tagetes minuta on the sandfly, Phlebotomus duboscqi

Kimutai, Albert; Ngeiywa, Moses; Mulaa, Margaret; Njagi, Peter G. N.; Ingonga, Johnstone; Nyamwamu, Lydia B.; Ombati, Cyprian; Ngumbi, Philip (BMC Research Notes, 2017)

Background: The sandfly, Phlebotomus duboscqi is a vector of zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis (ZCL) that is an important public health problem in Eastern Africa. Repellents have been used for protection of humans against ...

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