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Genotyping acaricide resistance profiles of Rhipicephalus microplus tick populations from communal land areas of Zimbabwe.
Ticks and tick-borne diseases - 1 Jan 2018
Sungirai Marvelous, Baron Samantha, Moyo Doreen Zandile, De Clercq Patrick, Maritz-Olivier Christine, Madder Maxime
Abstract excerpt
Acaricide resistance is one of the greatest threats towards the successful control of vector ticks worldwide. Communal farmers of Zimbabwe use amitraz as the most common acaricide with occasional usage of pyrethroids and organophosphates. As a strategy towards developing an effective acaricide resistance management system in Zimbabwe, screening was done by genotyping Rhipicephalus microplus tick populations using...
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