Essential oils and their components as an alternative in the control of mosquito vectors of disease

More than half of the human population is exposed to mosquito-borne infections. Climate change and the emergence of strains resistant to traditionally used insecticides have motivated the search of new agents for mosquito population control. Essential oils have been effective repellents and larvicid...

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Published in:Biomédica
Main Authors: Sergio Andrade Ochoa, Luvia E. Sánchez-Torres, Guadalupe Virginia Nevárez-Moorillón, Alejandro D. Camacho, Benjamín Nogueda-Torres
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Spanish
Published: Instituto Nacional de Salud 2017
Subjects:
Oils
volatile
insect vectors
disease vectors
larvicides
terpenes
Medicine
R
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
Arctic
Climate change
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.7705/biomedica.v37i0.3475
https://doaj.org/article/387dc31eeecc47948a57493e567d2994
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Summary:More than half of the human population is exposed to mosquito-borne infections. Climate change and the emergence of strains resistant to traditionally used insecticides have motivated the search of new agents for mosquito population control. Essential oils have been effective repellents and larvicidal agents. The aim of this work was to review research studies conducted in recent years on the larvicidal activity of essential oils and their components against Aedes, Anopheles and Culex mosquitoes, as well as the latest reports about their possible mechanism of action.

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