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Evaluation of mosquito larvicidal activity of fruit extracts of Acacia auriculiformis against the Japanese encephalitis vector Culex vishnui

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Pages 1682-1686 | Received 03 Oct 2017, Accepted 09 Jan 2018, Published online: 19 Feb 2018

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