comparative study on excito-repellency effects of permethrin, deltamethrin and etofenprox treated bed nets against anopheles stephensi liston, 1901 [Diptera: Culicidae]

ABSTRACT

Background: Malaria is the most important vector-borne disease in many tropical countries all over the world. Because of the widespread use of pyrethroid insecticide treated mosquito nets in the world, the effects of excito-repellency [ER] phenomenon of pyrethroids against main malaria vector, Anopheles stephensi were studied