Mosquito control with green nanopesticides: towards the One Health approach? A review of non-target effectsShow others and affiliations
2018 (English)In: Environmental science and pollution research international, ISSN 0944-1344, E-ISSN 1614-7499, Vol. 25, no 11, p. 10184-10206Article, review/survey (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
The rapid spread of highly aggressive arboviruses, parasites, and bacteria along with the development of resistance in the pathogens and parasites, as well as in their arthropod vectors, represents a huge challenge in modern parasitology and tropical medicine. Eco-friendly vector control programs are crucial to fight, besides malaria, the spread of dengue, West Nile, chikungunya, and Zika virus, as well as other arboviruses such as St. Louis encephalitis and Japanese encephalitis. However, research efforts on the control of mosquito vectors are experiencing a serious lack of eco-friendly and highly effective pesticides, as well as the limited success of most biocontrol tools currently applied. Most importantly, a cooperative interface between the two disciplines is still lacking. To face this challenge, we have reviewed a wide number of promising results in the field of green-fabricated pesticides tested against mosquito vectors, outlining several examples of synergy with classic biological control tools. The non-target effects of green-fabricated nanopesticides, including acute toxicity, genotoxicity, and impact on behavioral traits of mosquito predators, have been critically discussed. In the final section, we have identified several key challenges at the interface between "green" nanotechnology and classic biological control, which deserve further research attention.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2018. Vol. 25, no 11, p. 10184-10206
Keywords [en]
Arbovirus, Biosafety, Dengue, Genotoxicity, Japanese encephalitis, Malaria, Nanosynthesis, West Nile rus, Zika virus
National Category
Microbiology in the medical area
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-138607DOI: 10.1007/s11356-017-9752-4ISI: 000429810200004PubMedID: 28755145OAI: oai:DiVA.org:umu-138607DiVA, id: diva2:1853
2018-06-052018-06-052018-06-05Bibliographically approved