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Multi-country Survey Revealed Prevalent and Novel F1534S Mutation in Voltage-Gated Sodium Channel (VGSC) Gene in Aedes albopictus.
PLoS neglected tropical diseases - 1 May 2016
Xu Jiabao, Bonizzoni Mariangela, Zhong Daibin, Zhou Guofa, Cai Songwu, Li Yiji, Wang Xiaoming, Lo Eugenia, Lee Rebecca, Sheen Roger, Duan Jinhua, Yan Guiyun, Chen Xiao-Guang
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BACKGROUND: Aedes albopictus is an important dengue vector because of its aggressive biting behavior and rapid spread out of its native home range in Southeast Asia. Pyrethroids are widely used for adult mosquito control, and resistance to pyrethroids should be carefully monitored because vector control is the only effective method currently available to prevent dengue transmission. The voltage-gated sodium...
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