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Larvicidal activity of plants from Myrtaceae against Aedes aegypti L. and Simulium pertinax Kollar (Diptera).

Vanessa Cristine de Souza CarneiroLuana Braz de LucenaRonaldo FigueiróCristiane Pimentel Victório
Published in: Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (2020)
The extracts of M. atropurpuerum exhibited the strongest larvicidal activity against A. aegypti. The larvae of S. pertinax were sensitive to all the extracts at all the tested concentrations.
Keyphrases
  • aedes aegypti
  • zika virus
  • dengue virus