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Insecticide resistance to permethrin and malathion and associated mechanisms in Aedes aegypti mosquitoes from St. Andrew Jamaica.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2017
Francis Sheena, Saavedra-Rodriguez Karla, Perera Rushika, Paine Mark, Black William C, Delgoda Rupika
Abstract excerpt
The emergence of novel diseases spread by the Aedes aegypti mosquito in Jamaica and the Caribbean, has prompted studies on insecticide resistance towards effective management of the vector. Though Jamaica has been using the organophosphate insecticide malathion in its vector control program for more than 30 years, resistance to the pesticide has not been tested in over a decade. We analyzed resistance to...
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