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Insecticide resistance and target site mutations (G119S ace-1 and L1014F kdr) of Culex pipiens in Morocco.
Parasites & vectors - 22 Jan 2018
Tmimi Fatim-Zohra, Faraj Chafika, Bkhache Meriem, Mounaji Khadija, Failloux Anna-Bella, Sarih M'hammed
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BACKGROUND: Control of the mosquito vector Culex pipiens with insecticides is the main way to control arboviruses that the species can transmit such as West Nile virus (WNV) and Rift Valley fever virus (RVFV). However, its efficiency has been hampered by the emergence of insecticide resistance. Little is known about the insecticide-resistance status and underlying resistance mechanisms of field-collected...
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