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Desiccation tolerance and possible starvation trade-offs in larvicide resistant Culex and Aedes mosquitoes [PDF]
iScienceSummary: Larvicides are widely used for mosquito control, but resistance development complicates efforts. We investigated the interplay between insecticide resistance and environmental stress in Aedes albopictus, Culex pipiens pipiens, and Culex pipiens ...
Eleni C. Savvidou +4 more
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Mosquito larvicidal constituents from Lantana viburnoides sp viburnoides var kisi (A. rich) Verdc (Verbenaceae) [PDF]
Journal of Vector Borne Diseases, 2008 Background & objectives: Lantana viburnoides sp viburnoides var kisi is used in Tanzania ethnobotanically to repel mosquitoes as well as in traditional medicine for stomach ache relief.
Mayunga H.H. Nkunya +5 more
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Fermentation, 2023 Several emerging mosquito control technologies require mass releases of adult male mosquitoes. Previous studies resulted in the generation of a laboratory female-specific larvicidal yeast strain targeting the GGT gene, which facilitated the laboratory ...
Corey Brizzee +5 more
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Outlook on RNAi-Based Strategies for Controlling Culicoides Biting Midges
Pathogens, 2023 Culicoides are small biting midges with the capacity to transmit important livestock pathogens around much of the world, and their impacts on animal welfare are likely to expand.
Cameron J. Osborne +2 more
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Novel Essential Oils Blend as a Repellent and Toxic Agent against Disease-Transmitting Mosquitoes
Toxics, 2023 Bio-insecticidal research has focused on long-term vector control using essential oils (EOs). This study examined the larvicidal, oviposition-deterrent, and repellent properties of five medicinal herb-based EO formulations (EOFs) on mosquitoes that are ...
Chinnaperumal Kamaraj +7 more
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Marine Drugs, 2022 Schistosomiasis has been controlled for more than 40 years with a single drug, praziquantel, and only one molluscicide, niclosamide, raising concern of the possibility of the emergence of resistant strains.
Guilherme Senna dos Santos +7 more
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Larvicidal activity of Cestrum nocturnum on Aedes aegypti
Bangladesh Journal of Pharmacology, 2010 Aedes aegypti is a vector parasite of the Dengue. New method to control the population of this insect is necessary. In the present work we evaluated the potential of extract from Cestrum nocturnum as larvicide.
Chetan Jawale +2 more
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Larvicidal, adulticidal, and oviposition-deterrent activity of Piper betle L. essential oil to Aedes aegypti [PDF]
Veterinary World, 2019 Background and Aim: Aedes aegypti is a primary vector of many arthropod-borne diseases. One of the diseases, dengue fever, is an endemic disease in Indonesia causing high mortalities for decades. There are no preventive and specific treatments for dengue
Riesna Martianasari +1 more
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Larviciding to control malaria [PDF]
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2017 This is a protocol for a Cochrane Review (Intervention). The objectives are as follows:\ud \ud To evaluate whether larviciding controls malaria transmission.
Choi, L., Wilson, A.
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Larvicidal Potential of Caribbean Plants
BioMed Research International, 2023 Mosquitoes are vectors for numerous arboviruses such as dengue, chikungunya, and Zika which continue to negatively impact the health of Caribbean populations. Within the region, synthetic insecticides are primarily used to control mosquito populations.
Rhaheem N. A. Layne-Yarde +1 more
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