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Dengue-2 virus carrying capacity of Thai Aedes aegypti strains with different susceptibility to deltamethrin.
The Southeast Asian journal of tropical medicine and public health - 1 May 2012
Phanpoowong Theerawit, Lek-Uthai Usa, Thongrungkiat Supatra, Komalamisra Narumon, Srisawat Raweewan, Russell Bruce, Renia Laurent
Abstract excerpt
Deltamethrin-resistant Aedes aegypti currently threatens the effectiveness of dengue hemorrhagic fever control operations in Thailand. Although a previous study has suggested that insecticide resistance may increase Ae. aegypti susceptibility to dengue-2 virus infection, our experimental data showed no significant association between laboratory-induced deltamethrin-resistance in a Thai Ae. aegypti isolate and its...
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