Critical analysis of mosquito repellents formulation in the Brazilian market
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Mosquitoes are responsible of a wide variety of infectious agents to humans. Malaria, dengue,
yellow fever and other diseases transmitted by mosquito bites affect millions of people worldwide
causing thousands of deaths each year, causing a major impact on the health services. National
programmes to fight vector-born diseases are based on controlling the mosquito population with
the use of insecticides in an attempt to interrupt the cycle of these diseases. Unfortunately,
insecticide-resistant mosquitoes have already existed in many areas of the world. In Brazil, due to
the difficulties in controlling mosquitoes, potential opportunities for intervention arise through
innovations that can contribute to minimizing the current problem. We can highlight the use of
mosquito repellents as an opportunity. The main aim of this work was to analyze and compare
commonly commercialized repellent products in Brazil, designed to repel mosquitos, describing
their composition according to ideal parameters for these products reported in scientific literature
and also Brazilian legislation.It was a bibliographical review which was carried out using Scielo,
Google Scholar and PubMed platforms to look for studies in national and international scientific
literature. In addition, Brazilian legislation on the subject was used. The following keywords were
used: mosquito, repellents, raw materials, and cosmetics. These keywords were searched for in
Portuguese, Spanish and English. Despite the importance of repellents for public health, there is
little variety of actives ingredients and formulations. The most important actives ingredients to
repeal mosquitos are DEET, Icaridina and IR3535. And the formulations in Brazilian market are
lotion, liquid and gel. Even though only a small fraction of the Brazilian population buys
repellent products, commercial brands should invest in this sector with effective, safe, not harm
the environment and have a good residual products.
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GOMES, J.P.C.; BANKUTI, R.M.; MORAES, C.A.P.; SEO, E.S.M. Critical analysis of mosquito repellents formulation in the Brazilian market. International Journal of Development Research, v. 12, n. 4, p. 55129-55131, 2022. DOI: 10.37118/ijdr.24292.04.2022. Disponível em: http://repositorio.ipen.br/handle/123456789/33176. Acesso em: 12 May 2024.
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