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Insecticide resistance status in the major West Nile virus vector Culex pipiens from Greece
20 Jun 2013
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: One of the largest West Nile virus outbreaks in Europe occurred in Greece in 2010. Use of insecticides against Culex pipiens was substantially scaled up, as an emergency tool. Although mosquito control has been based on insecticides for several decades in Greece, insecticide resistance data are not available. RESULTS: An examination was made of the resistance status of 13 Cx. pipiens populations from...
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