ABSTRACT

Arivarasan Vishnu Kirthi, Chidambaram Jayaseelan, and Abdul Abdul Rahuman

CONTENTS

13.1 Introduction ........................................................................................................................ 274 13.1.1 Vector-Borne Diseases ........................................................................................... 274

13.1.1.1 Malaria ...................................................................................................... 274 13.1.1.2 Anopheles stephensi ................................................................................... 274 13.1.1.3 Anopheles subpictus .................................................................................. 274

13.1.2 Lymphatic Filariasis and Japanese Encephalitis ............................................... 275 13.1.3 Culex tritaeniorhynchus ........................................................................................... 275 13.1.4 Culex quinquefasciatus ............................................................................................. 275 13.1.5 Yellow Fever ............................................................................................................ 276 13.1.6 Aedes Species ........................................................................................................... 276

13.2 Nanotechnology ................................................................................................................. 276 13.2.1 Properties of Nanoparticles ..................................................................................277 13.2.2 Types of Nanoparticles .........................................................................................277