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Recent emergence of insensitive acetylcholinesterase in Chinese populations of the mosquito Culex pipiens (Diptera: Culicidae).
Journal of medical entomology - 1 Sept 2006
Cui Feng, Raymond Michel, Berthomieu Arnaud, Alout Haoues, Weill Mylène, Qiao Chuan-Ling
Abstract excerpt
Organophosphate/carbamate target resistance has emerged in Culex pipiens L. (Diptera: Culicidae), the vector of Wuchereria bancrofti and West Nile virus (family Flaviviridae, genus Flavivirus) in China. The insensitive acetylcholinesterase was detected in only one of 20 samples collected on a north-to-south transect. According to previous findings, a unique mutation, G119S in the ace-1 gene, explained this high...
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