PERSONAL PROTECTION FROM MOSQUITOS (DIPTERA, CULICIDAE) BY BURNING NEEM OIL IN KEROSENE

Citation
Vp. Sharma et Ma. Ansari, PERSONAL PROTECTION FROM MOSQUITOS (DIPTERA, CULICIDAE) BY BURNING NEEM OIL IN KEROSENE, Journal of medical entomology, 31(3), 1994, pp. 505-507
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Entomology
ISSN journal
00222585
Volume
31
Issue
3
Year of publication
1994
Pages
505 - 507
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-2585(1994)31:3<505:PPFM(C>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
The repellent action of neem oil (extracted from the seeds of Azadirac hta indica A. Juss) was evaluated on mosquitoes at two villages near D elhi, India. Kerosene lamps containing neem oil were burned in the liv ing rooms, and mosquitoes resting walls or attracted to human bait wer e collected inside rooms from 1800 to 0600 h. Neem oil (0.01-1%) mixed in kerosene reduced biting of human volunteers and catches of mosquit oes resting on walls in the rooms. Protection was more pronounced agai nst Anopheles than against Culex. A 1% neem oil-kerosene mixture may p rovide economical personal protection from mosquito bites.