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ArticleJournal of arthropod-borne diseases2017

Bio-Pesticides: New Tool for the Control of

Hazrat Bilal, Sumrin Sahar, Sadrud Din

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Article in Journal of arthropod-borne diseases, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed
2.0field-weighted citation impact, top 11% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Larvicide activity of yeast-encapsulated orange oil againstCurrent research in parasitology & vector-borne diseases · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Hazrat BilalMedical Entomology and Disease Vector Control, Health Services Academy, Islamabad, Pakistan.
Sumrin SaharUniversity of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Sadrud DinWater, Agriculture and Technology Transfer Program, Kabul, Afghanistan.
Health Services Academy · PKUniversity of Copenhagen · DK

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundApplication of plant extracts as mosquito control strategy was practiced from centuries. These are easily available, non-toxic, biodegradable and exhibit broad-spectrum target specific activities against larval stages of mosquitoes.

methodsDifferent potential parts of locally grown plants, seeds of nutmeg (

resultsAmong the five plant extracts,

conclusionAll the five plant species have larvicidal effects to certain extant and

Indexed as

LarvicideMosquitoesPlant extracts

Identifiers

PMID29062852
PMCPMC5641616
OpenAlexW2577422295

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Registered trials

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