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Molecular analysis of knock down resistance (kdr) mutation and distribution of kdr genotypes in a wild population of Culex quinquefasciatus from India.
Tropical medicine & international health : TM & IH - 1 Sept 2009
Sarkar Manas, Borkotoki Aparajita, Baruah Indra, Bhattacharyya Indra Kumar, Srivastava Ravi Bihari
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OBJECTIVE: To investigate the presence of knock down resistance (kdr) mutation, its frequency distribution in the principal vector of bancroftian filariasis, Culex quinquefasciatus from northeastern India, and to relate kdr genotypes with susceptibility and/or resistance to DDT and deltamethrin in this vectors. METHODS: Adult female mosquitoes were collected by aspiration from human dwellings in two villages,...
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