Larvicidal Activity Against Aedes aegypti of Foeniculum vulgare Essential Oils from Portugal and Cape Verde

• Authors: Delgado M, Figueiredo AC, Matos O, Moiteiro C, Novo MT, Rocha DK
• Publication Year: 2015
• Journal: Natural Product Communications
• Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25973508

Dengue is a potentially fatal mosquito-borne infection with 50 million cases per year and 2.5 billion people vulnerable to the disease. This major public health problem has recurrent epidemics in Latin America and occurred recently in Cape Verde and Madeira Island. The lack of anti-viral treatment or vaccine makes the control of mosquito vectors a high option to prevent virus transmission.
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