Archive for July, 2008
The NY Times reports on the mosquito repelling activity of eucalyptol, a natural oil found in eucalyptus trees. Don’t get your hopes up – the concentration is too low to be effective. Commercial preparations for actual use are now available and they sure beat the smell of DEET.
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- Low-tech coolers for storing malaria rapid diagnostic tests in remote areas
- Guest post: Parasites in (ancient) humans – King Tut felled by malaria
- Malaria blog turns two
- Fred Soper, Malcolm Gladwell, mosquitoes, malaria, and DDT
- WWARN – The world-wide antimalarial resistance network
- President’s Malaria Initiative and Angola Part 2
- Did USAID, President’s Malaria Initiative blunder malaria control in Angola?
- Phase III malaria vaccine: don’t count your eggs before they hatch
- Calcutta School of Tropical Medicine Part 2
- MalariaWorld
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