Article
Relationship between insecticide resistance and kdr mutations in the dengue vector Aedes aegypti in Southern China.
Parasites & vectors - 12 Jun 2015
Li Chun-Xiao, Kaufman Phillip E, Xue Rui-De, Zhao Ming-Hui, Wang Gang, Yan Ting, Guo Xiao-Xia, Zhang Ying-Mei, Dong Yan-De, Xing Dan, Zhang Heng-Duan, Zhao Tong-Yan
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Aedes aegypti is an important vector for dengue virus and thus has been targeted with pyrethroid insecticides in many areas of the world. As such, resistance has been detected to several of these insecticides, including in China, but the mechanisms of the resistance are not well understood in this country. METHODS: Using the World Health Organization larval mosquito bioassay, five field populations of...
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