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Insecticide resistance alleles in wetland and residential populations of the West Nile virus vector Culex pipiens in New Jersey.
Pest management science - 1 Mar 2016
Johnson Brian J, Fonseca Dina M
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BACKGROUND: In spite of the extensive use of insecticides to control Culex pipiens in the aftermath of West Nile virus, knowledge of the spatial distribution and frequency of insecticide resistance in this species is poorly understood in the United States. This paper reports on the occurrence of upregulated esterases that detoxify organophosphates (OPs) and mutations conferring resistance to pyrethroid...
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