Abstract
The eco-friendly nature of plant extracts has made them become sustainable alternative vector control agents. Anopheles mosquitoes serve as the vectors for human malaria. Malaria still kills more than 600,000 individuals every year, 90% of this in sub-Saharan Africa and mostly children under five. In the present study, larvicidal activity of leaf extract of <em>Telfairia occidentalis</em> was evaluated against the malarial vector, <em>Anopheles coluzzi</em>. The adult blood-fed Anopheles mosquitoes were collected and each gravid mosquito was forced to lay eggs separately in a prepared tube.
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