Coffee, its roasted form, and their residues cause birth failure and shorten lifespan in dengue vectors

• Main Authors: Hamady, Dieng, Salbiah, Ellias, Tomomitsu, Satho, Abu Hassan, Ahmad, Tonga, Noweg
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Springer Verlag 2017
• Subjects: RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine
• Online Access: http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/16182/7/Coffee.pdf; http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/16182/; https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11356-017-8711-4

In dengue mosquitoes, successful embryonic development and long lifespan are key determinants for the persistence of both virus and vector. Therefore, targeting the egg stage and vector lifespan would be expected to have greater impacts than larvicides or adulticides, both strategies that have lost...