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Roles played by esterase activity and by a sodium channel mutation involved in pyrethroid resistance in populations of Boophilus microplus (Acari: Ixodidae) collected from Yucatan, Mexico.
Journal of medical entomology - 1 Nov 2005
Rosario-Cruz R, Guerrero Felix D, Miller Robert J, Rodriguez-Vivas R I, Domínguez-García D I, Cornel Anthony J, Hernandez-Ortiz R, George John E
Abstract excerpt
Pyrethroid resistance in Boophilus microplus (Canestrini) (Acari: Ixodidae) was studied by correlating discriminating-dose (DD) bioassay results and esterase activity or the frequency of a sodium channel mutation known to be involved in pyrethroid resistance in nine field strains of B. microplus...
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