Keywords: Allergenicity, Aedes aegypti, Citrus aurantifolia, Dilution, Essential Oil, Knockdown, Lemon Peel, Larvae, Larvicidal, Mosquitoes, Mortality, Ovicidal, Persistency, Protection Time, Repellency, Toxicity Test.

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