Plant-based bioinsecticides for mosquito control: Impact on insecticide resistance and disease transmission

MŞ Şengül Demirak, E Canpolat - Insects, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Mosquito-borne diseases cause millions of deaths each year. There has
been an increase in the use of insecticides to combat disease transmission caused by …

Threats to the effectiveness of insecticide-treated bednets for malaria control: thinking beyond insecticide resistance

SW Lindsay, MB Thomas, I Kleinschmidt - The Lancet Global Health, 2021 - thelancet.com
Summary From 2004 to 2019, insecticide-treated bednets (ITNs) have been the most
effective tool for reducing malaria morbidity and mortality in sub-Saharan Africa. Recently …

What can we learn from commercial insecticides? Efficacy, toxicity, environmental impacts, and future developments

P Rezende-Teixeira, RG Dusi, PC Jimenez… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Worldwide pesticide usage was estimated in up to 3.5 million tons in 2020. The number of
approved products varies among different countries, however, in Brazil, there are nearly …

Chemical pesticides and human health: the urgent need for a new concept in agriculture

P Nicolopoulou-Stamati, S Maipas… - Frontiers in public …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
The industrialization of the agricultural sector has increased the chemical burden on natural
ecosystems. Pesticides are agrochemicals used in agricultural lands, public health …

Contemporary status of insecticide resistance in the major Aedes vectors of arboviruses infecting humans

CL Moyes, J Vontas, AJ Martins, LC Ng… - PLoS neglected …, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Both Aedes aegytpi and Ae. albopictus are major vectors of 5 important arboviruses (namely
chikungunya virus, dengue virus, Rift Valley fever virus, yellow fever virus, and Zika virus) …

Dengue fever and insecticide resistance in Aedes mosquitoes in Southeast Asia: a review

SJ Gan, YQ Leong, MFH bin Barhanuddin, ST Wong… - Parasites & vectors, 2021 - Springer
Dengue fever is the most important mosquito-borne viral disease in Southeast Asia.
Insecticides remain the most effective vector control approach for Aedes mosquitoes. Four …

Essential oils for the development of eco-friendly mosquito larvicides: a review

R Pavela - Industrial crops and products, 2015 - Elsevier
Mosquitoes serve as vectors for a wide variety of human and veterinary pathogens and
parasites and cause extensive morbidity and mortality, and are a major economic burden …

A review of resistance mechanisms of synthetic insecticides and botanicals, phytochemicals, and essential oils as alternative larvicidal agents against mosquitoes

S Senthil-Nathan - Frontiers in physiology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Mosquitoes are a serious threat to the society, acting as vector to several dreadful diseases.
Mosquito management programes profoundly depend on the routine of chemical …

Biological control of mosquito vectors: past, present, and future

G Benelli, CL Jeffries, T Walker - Insects, 2016 - mdpi.com
Mosquitoes represent the major arthropod vectors of human disease worldwide transmitting
malaria, lymphatic filariasis, and arboviruses such as dengue virus and Zika virus …

Research in mosquito control: current challenges for a brighter future

G Benelli - Parasitology research, 2015 - Springer
Abstract Mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) are a key threat for millions of people worldwide,
since they act as vectors for devastating pathogens and parasites. In this scenario, vector …