Mosquito borne diseases are impeding to human health due to their uncontrolled
proliferation. Various commercial insecticides currently used are becoming ineffective due to …

Permethrin is a synthetic pyrethroid insecticide used to treat uniforms (eg military, foresters)
and other clothing to protect people against pests (eg, mosquitoes, ticks). Pests contacting …

Control strategies exploiting the innate response of mosquitoes to chemicals are urgently
required to complement existing traditional approaches. We therefore examined the …

Background There is a pressing need to improve understanding of how insecticide
resistance affects the functional performance of insecticide-treated nets (ITNs). Standard …

Background Pyrethroids are commonly used insecticides in Brazil. Gestational and early
childhood exposure to pyrethroids has been linked to adverse health effects, including …

Contact irritant (locomotor excitation) and noncontact spatial repellent avoidance behavior to
deltamethrin and cypermethrin at dosages 0.025, 0.05, and 0.1 g/m2 impregnated on papers …

BACKGROUND An important component of the biological activity of pyrethroids, when used
in disease vector control, is excito‐repellency. In this study, behavioral differences between …

Background The direct toxicological impact of insecticides on vector mosquitoes has been
well emphasized; however, behavioural responses such as excito-repellency and physical …

Spatial repellents can reduce fecundity and interrupt oviposition behavior in Aedes aegypti.
Yet, it is unclear if short exposure times, resistant phenotypes, and other aspects of spatial …

The change in the pattern of occurrence of microcephaly associated with Zika virus infection
in pregnant women in Brazil resulted in the declaration of a Public Health Emergency of …