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Pyrethroid resistance persists after ten years without usage against Aedes aegypti in governmental campaigns: Lessons from São Paulo State, Brazil.
PLoS neglected tropical diseases - 1 Mar 2018
Macoris Maria de Lourdes, Martins Ademir Jesus, Andrighetti Maria Teresa Macoris, Lima José Bento Pereira, Valle Denise
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BACKGROUND: Aedes aegypti, vector of dengue, chikungunya and Zika viruses, is found at high densities in tropical urban areas. The dissemination of this vector is partially the consequence of failures in current vector control methods, still mainly relying upon insecticides. In the State of São Paulo (SP), Brazil, public health managers employed pyrethroids against Ae. aegypti adults from 1989 to 2000, when a...
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