Objetivos: Realizar um levantamento das contribuições científicas produzidas entre 2017 e 2021 acerca do efeito larvicida de óleos essenciais e extratos vegetais no controle de Aedes spp, Anopheles spp e Culex spp. Métodos: de setembro a outubro de 2022, foi realizado um levantamento de artigos cien...
BACKGROUND Long lasting insecticide-treated nets (LLINs) may be effective for vector control of cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL). Their efficacy, however, has not been sufficiently evaluated. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the large-scale efficacy of LLINs on Lutzomyia longiflocosa entomological parameters up to t...
Abstract INTRODUCTION Anopheles stephensi is the main malaria vector in Southeast Asia. Recently, plant-sourced larvicides are attracting great interests. METHODS: The essential oil was extracted from the leaf of Cinnamomum camphora (L.), and a bioassay was conducted to determine the larvicidal effica...
Abstract INTRODUCTION: The larvicidal potential of Saussurea costus (Falc.) Lipsch. was studied against the early 4th instar larvae of Anopheles stephensi Liston., Aedes aegypti Linn.,and Culex quinquefasciatus Say. because of the emergence of mosquito resistance to conventional synthetic insecticides. ...
BACKGROUND Nyssorhynchus dunhami, a member of the Nuneztovari Complex, has been collected in Brazil, Colombia, and Peru and described as zoophilic. Although to date Ny. dunhami has not been documented to be naturally infected by Plasmodium, it is frequently misidentified as other Oswaldoi subgroup specie...
Abstract The resistance of some species of Anopheles to chemical insecticides is spreading quickly throughout the world and has hindered the actions of prevention and control of malaria. The main mechanism responsible for resistance in these insects appears to be the target site known as knock-down resis...
La eficacia del rociado intradomiciliar de deltametrina al 0.027 por ciento y malatión al 20 por ciento, aplicados en bajo volumen (BV) pra el control de anofelinos fue evaluada en dos localidades del municipio de Balancán, Tabasco, México durante el segundo semestre de 1987. Se efectuaron dos rociado...
