Medicinal Plants as Potent Power for Mosquito Control

Bharanitharan, M.; Sridhar, N.; Muthulingam, M.

ISBN 10: 8193563611 / ISBN 13: 9788193563618

Published by JPS Scientific Publications, India, 2021

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Medicinal Plants as Potent Power for Mosquito Control
• Publisher: JPS Scientific Publications, India
• Publication Date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 8193563611
• ISBN 13: 9788193563618
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

The book "Medicinal Plants as Potent Power for Mosquito Control" is the Ph.D Thesis/Dissertation... Most of the mosquito-borne diseases are spreading by insect vectors that carry pathogenic organisms viz., viruses, bacteria, protozoa, filarial worms. Many bacterial, viral and parasitic diseases are caused by mosquitoes, flies, ticks, mites, etc. These diseases have been found to be a major health hazards to human populations. This is particularly so in the temperature and moist regions of the tropics and subtropics, where insects pose a great hazard of human diseases of economic importance. Several insect-vector diseases are infectious diseases that were transmitted through many arthropods. These infectious diseases have a heavy burden on human communalities in most of the developing countries in the world. Most debilitating diseases are malaria, dengue, chikungunya, elephantiasis, lymphatic filariasis, Japanese encephalitis, visceral leishmaniasis (Kala azar), etc. Insect-vector borne diseases are also effect in decrease of productivity, school absenteeism, irritation of poverty, high expenses for health care and burden on public health services. Mosquito-borne diseases stay behind a major trouble in the world. These diseases have a say significantly to disease burden, death, poverty and social frailty in tropical countries for worldwide.