Biological collections are of extreme importance in acquiring knowledge of the biodiversity of a specific environment. In this article, we organise, list and catalogue the adult specimens belonging to the family Culicidae housed in the Parasitology Collection of the Basic Pathology Department at the Federal University of Paraná, southern Brazil. To this end, a data bank was created, containing information on th...
Bites of mosquitoes belonging to the genera Anopheles Meigen, Aedes Meigen, Culex L. and Haemagogus L. are a general nuisance and are responsible for the transmission of important tropical diseases such as malaria, hemorrhagic dengue and yellow fevers and filariasis (elephantiasis). Plants are traditional sources of mosquito repelling essential oils (EOs), glyceridic oils and repellent and synergistic chemicals...
Ministry of Health; Pan American Health Organization-OPAS; CNPq; CAPES; Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte. Centro de Bioci?ncias. Laborat?rio de Insetos e Vetores. Natal, RN, Brasil.; Universidade Federal do Par?. Instituto de Ci?ncias Biol?gicas. Laborat?rio de Parasitologia M?dica. Bel?m, PA, Brasil.; Minist?rio da Sa?de. Secretaria de Vigil?ncia em Sa?de. Instituto Evandro Chagas. Ananindeua, PA, B...