Article
Combined target site (kdr) mutations play a primary role in highly pyrethroid resistant phenotypes of Aedes aegypti from Saudi Arabia.
Parasites & vectors - 27 Mar 2017
Al Nazawi Ashwaq M, Aqili Jabir, Alzahrani Mohammed, McCall Philip J, Weetman David
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Pyrethroid resistance is a threat to effective vector control of Aedes aegypti, the vector of dengue, Zika and other arboviruses, but there are many major knowledge gaps on the mechanisms of resistance. In Jeddah and Makkah, the principal dengue-endemic areas of Saudi Arabia, pyrethroids are used widely for Ae. aegypti control but information about resistance remains sparse, and the underlying genetic...
Topics
- Aedes
- Alleles
- Animals
- Dengue
- Female
- Fenitrothion
- Genotype
- Insecticide Resistance
- Mosquito Vectors
- Mutation
- Nitriles
- Permethrin
