Susceptibility status of Culex quinquefasciatus (Diptera: Culicidae) populations to the chemical insecticide temephos in Pernambuco, Brazil.

doi:10.1002/ps.3502

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Susceptibility status of Culex quinquefasciatus (Diptera: Culicidae) populations to the chemical insecticide temephos in Pernambuco, Brazil.

Pest management science - 1 Dec 2013

Amorim Liliane Barbosa, Helvecio Elisama, de Oliveira Cláudia Maria Fontes, Ayres Constância Flávia Junqueira

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BACKGROUND: Culex quinquefasciatus is the vector of many agents of human diseases, including Wuchereria bancrofti, the parasite that causes bancroftian filariasis, an endemic disease in Pernambuco State, Brazil. Although temephos is not currently used to control C. quinquefasciatus, the species might be under a selection process from incidental exposure to this compound. This study aimed to evaluate the...

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Acetylcholinesterase
Animals
Biological Assay
Brazil
Culex
Insect Proteins
Insecticides
Mosquito Control
Mutation
Temefos

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PMID: 23576326
DOI: 10.1002/ps.3502

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