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Bio-evaluation of South African plants for insecticidal properties

Author: Maharaj, R ; Gayaram, R ; Crouch, N ; Maharaj, V ; Pillay, P ; Bhagwandin, N ; Folb, PI Date: Feb 2006 Malaria is a serious health problem in South Africa affecting the lives of approximately 4 million people. Resistance to the principal vector, Anopheles arabiensis, has initiated a search for new plant-derived insecticides. Plants were selected ... Read more
Exploring rural hospital admissions for diarrhoeal disease, malaria, pneumonia, and asthma in relation to temperature, rainfall and air pollution using wavelet transform analysis

Author: Kapwata, T ; Wright, CY ; Du Preez, DJ ; Kunene, Z ; Mathee, A ; Ikeda, T ; Landman, W ; Maharaj, R ; Sweijd, Neville, A ; Minakawa, N ; Blesic, S Date: Oct 2021 Background: Climate variables impact human health and in an era of climate change, there is a pressing need to understand these relationships to best inform how such impacts are likely to change. Objectives: This study sought to investigate ... Read more
Screening for adulticidal bioactivity of South African plants against Anopheles arabiensis

Author: Maharaj, R ; Maharaj, V ; Crouch, NR ; Bhagwandin, N ; Folb, PI ; Pillay, P ; Gayaram, R Date: Aug 2011 This study was conducted to evaluate whether a selection of South African ethnomedicinal plants included in this study displayed insecticidal properties when screened against adult stages of the mosquito. 381 crude extracts of 80 plant taxa ... Read more
Screening of selected ethnomedicinal plants from South Africa for larvicidal activity against the mosquito Anopheles arabiensis

Author: Maharaj, R ; Maharaj, V ; Crouch, NR ; Bhagwandin, N ; Folb, PI ; Pillay, P ; Gayaram, R Date: Sep 2012 This study was initiated to establish whether any South African ethnomedicinal plants (indigenous or exotic), that have been reported to be used traditionally to repel or kill mosquitoes, exhibit effective mosquito larvicidal properties. Read more

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