Daniela Maria do Amaral Ferraz Navarro
Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil
Title: Twelve years of studies in larvicidal, repellent and ovipostion deterrent activities against Aedes aegypti mosquito using essential oils
Biography
Biography: Daniela Maria do Amaral Ferraz Navarro
Abstract
Aedes aegypti is vector of Dengue and Yellow Fevers, a mosquito of public health importance. It is the most broadly disseminated urban species of mosquito in the world. Larval insecticide is one of the alternatives to control the mosquito dissemination. Temephos and Bacillus turinghiensis subsp. israelensis (Bti) are the larvicidal most used in the world to combat A. aegypti mosquito. In face of larvae resistance to Temephos and the high cost of Bti production in large scale, research programs on insecticides often focus on alternative compounds and natural products as rich sources of larvicides. Repelletn and oviposition deterrent are used to reduce the contact between infected mosquito and urban population. In this work we describe significant larvicidal, repellent and oviposition deterrent activities research of essential oils against A. aegypti. Some larvicidal acitivity of plants and seweed will described.