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Identification of QTLs Conferring Resistance to Deltamethrin in Culex pipiens pallens.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2015
Zou Feifei, Chen Chen, Zhong Daibin, Shen Bo, Zhang Donghui, Guo Qin, Wang Weijie, Yu Jing, Lv Yuan, Lei Zhentao, Ma Kai, Ma Lei, Zhu Changliang, Yan Guiyun
Abstract excerpt
Culex pipiens pallens is the most abundant Culex mosquito species in northern China and is an important vector of bancroftian filariasis and West Nile virus. Deltamethrin is an insecticide that is widely used for mosquito control, however resistance to this and other insecticides has become a major challenge in the control of vector-borne diseases that appear to be inherited quantitatively. Furthermore, the...
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