Background Dengue is the most rapidly spreading arboviral disease in the world. The
current lack of fully protective vaccines and clinical therapeutics creates an urgent need to …

Pyriproxyfen (PPF) is a synthetic substance and an insect juvenile hormone agonist with
growth regulating effect. It is used worldwide as a pesticide in agriculture and public health …

In the present study, an ecotoxicological approach to the evaluation of the insecticide
Pyriproxifen in the crustacean Daphnia magna was done. Acute toxicity tests (48 h), feeding …

Juvenile hormone analogs (JHA) are known to interfere with growth and biosynthesis of
insects with potential for insecticide action. However, there has been comparatively few data …

The past 40 years have seen a dramatic emergence of epidemic arboviral diseases
transmitted primarily by mosquitoes. The frequency and magnitude of the epidemics …

The peridomestic anthropophilic Aedes aegypti L.(Diptera: Culicidae) is originated from the
wild zoophilic subspecies Aedes aegypti formosus in sub-Saharan Africa, and currently has …

The discovery of juvenile hormones (JH) and their synthetic analogs (JHA) generated
excitement and hope that these compounds will replace first-and second-generation …

Abstract Background Aedes aegypti and Culex quinquefasciatus are the main urban vectors
of arthropod-borne viruses causing human disease, including dengue, Zika, or West Nile …

Abstract Aedes aegypti Linnaeus and Aedes albopictus Skuse are vectors of dengue virus
and responsible for multiple autochthonous dengue outbreaks in Big Island, Hawai'i. Control …

Various mosquito control methods use factory raised males to suppress vector densities. But
the efficiency of these methods is currently insufficient to prevent epidemics of arbovirus …