Prolonged mosquitocidal activity of Siparuna guianensis essential oil encapsulated in chitosan nanoparticles.

• Main Authors: Taciano P Ferreira (Author), Khalid Haddi (Author), Roberto F T Corrêa (Author), Viviana L B Zapata (Author), Tathyana B Piau (Author), Luis F N Souza (Author), Swel-Marks G Santos (Author), Eugenio E Oliveira (Author), Luis O V Jumbo (Author), Bergmann M Ribeiro (Author), Cesar K Grisolia (Author), Rodrigo R Fidelis (Author), Ana M S Maia (Author), Raimundo W S Aguiar (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2019-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

<h4>Background</h4>The use of synthetic insecticides is one of the most common strategies for controlling disease vectors such as mosquitos. However, their overuse can result in serious risks to human health, to the environment, as well as to the selection of insecticidal resistant insec...