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Can piperonyl butoxide enhance the efficacy of pyrethroids against pyrethroid-resistant Aedes aegypti?
Tropical medicine & international health : TM & IH - 1 Apr 2011
Bingham Georgina, Strode Clare, Tran Lien, Khoa Pham Thi, Jamet Helen Pates
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BACKGROUND: Pyrethroid resistance can be considered the main threat to the continued control of many mosquito vectors of disease. Piperonyl butoxide (PBO) has been used as a synergist to help increase the efficacy of certain insecticides. This enhancement stems from its ability to inhibit two major metabolic enzyme systems, P450s and non-specific esterases, and to enhance cuticular penetration of the insecticide....
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