Abstract:Overcoming the phenomenon of insecticides resistance in malaria vectors in Sub-Saharan tropics remains a great challenge to stop the burden of malaria disease. We tested the efficacy of Zingiber officinale as an alternative insecticide to synthetic pesticides and as a vector control tool against Anopheles coluzzii, the main malaria vector in Cameroon. The biotoxicity of Z. officinale essential oil on aquatic stages of An. coluzzii was assessed using WHO guidelines, and the essential oil active compounds were i… Show more
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