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

• 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

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.