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Cyclic voltammetry of immobilized particles as an alternative pesticide screening method for Aedes aegypti mosquitoes

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Today, pest control by chemical treatment is the main strategy against pest insects. This article proposes to show how cyclic voltammetry of immobilized particles could be applied in the context of pest research by screening several compounds known to have an activity against a pest model as Aedes species. Aedes mosquitoes are vectors of many diseases that represent a threat to humans such as yellow fever and dengue fever in tropical environments. In order to develop innovative screening approaches for new pesticides, we search molecules that can interact potentially with a pest model (Aedes species). We characterized electrochemically the mosquitoes using voltammetry of immobilized particles (VIMP) method and analyze modifications on its characteristic signals in contact of insecticides.

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Research ProJet funded by Interreg Caraïbes program (Projet CARIBPHLORE). This work was realized with the help of Anubis Vega-Rùa and Margaux Mulatier (Laboratory of Vector Control Research, Institute Pasteur of Guadeloupe), who supply the mosquitoes and the molecules tested during this research and contribute to the discussion of the results.

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  1. Université des Antilles, Laboratoire COVACHIM-M2E EA 3592, Campus de Fouillole, UFR SEN, BP 250, Pointe-a-Pitre Cedex, Guadeloupe, 97157, France

    Léa Farouil, Yolène Duchaudé, Léa Zozo, Muriel Sylvestre & Gerardo Cebrián-Torrejón

  2. Laboratory of Vector Control Research, Institute Pasteur of Guadeloupe–Lieu-dit Morne Jolivière, Les Abymes, Guadeloupe, France

    Yolène Duchaudé

  3. Univ. Lyon, CNRS, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Institut des Sciences Analytiques, UMR 5280, 5 rue de la Doua, Villeurbanne, F-69100, France

    Florent Lafay & Pedro Marote

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Farouil, L., Duchaudé, Y., Zozo, L. et al. Cyclic voltammetry of immobilized particles as an alternative pesticide screening method for Aedes aegypti mosquitoes. J Solid State Electrochem 27, 1249–1259 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10008-023-05398-w

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