Article
Voltage-sensitive sodium channel mutations S989P + V1016G in Aedes aegypti confer variable resistance to pyrethroids, DDT and oxadiazines.
Pest management science - 1 Mar 2018
Smith Letícia B, Kasai Shinji, Scott Jeffrey G
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Aedes aegypti is a vector of several important human pathogens. Control efforts rely primarily on pyrethroid insecticides for adult mosquito control, especially during disease outbreaks. A. aegypti has developed resistance nearly everywhere it occurs and insecticides are used. An important mechanism of resistance is due to mutations in the voltage-sensitive sodium channel (Vssc) gene. Two mutations,...
Topics
- Aedes
- Animals
- DDT
- Insect Proteins
- Insecticide Resistance
- Insecticides
- Mutation
- Oxazines
- Pyrethrins
- Voltage-Gated Sodium Channels
