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Insecticide resistance in Aedes aegypti populations from Ceará, Brazil.
Parasites & vectors - 12 Jan 2011
Lima Estelita Pereira, Paiva Marcelo Henrique Santos, de Araújo Ana Paula, da Silva Ellyda Vanessa Gomes, da Silva Ulisses Mariano, de Oliveira Lúcia Nogueira, Santana Antonio Euzébio G, Barbosa Clarisse Nogueira, de Paiva Neto Clovis C, Goulart Marilia O F, Wilding Craig Stephen, Ayres Constância Flávia Junqueira, de Melo Santos Maria Alice V
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Organophosphates and pyrethroids are used widely in Brazil to control Aedes aegypti, the main vector of dengue viruses, under the auspices of the National Programme for Dengue Control. Resistance to these insecticides is widespread throughout Brazil. In Ceará the vector is present in 98% of districts and resistance to temephos has been reported previously. Here we measure resistance to temephos and...
Topics
- Aedes
- Alleles
- Animals
- Brazil
- Disease Vectors
- Female
- Insect Proteins
- Insecticide Resistance
- Insecticides
- Male