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Novel Kdr mutations (K964R and A943V) in pyrethroid-resistant populations of Triatoma mazzottii and Triatoma longipennis from Mexico and detoxifying enzymes.
Insect science - 1 Oct 2019
Davila-Barboza Jesus, Villanueva-Segura O Karina, Lopez-Monroy Beatriz, Ponce-Garcia Gustavo, Bobadilla-Utrera Cristina, Montes-Rincon Mayela, Molina-Garza Zinnia J, Arredondo-Jimenez Juan I, Rodriguez-Sanchez Iram P, Manrique-Saide Pablo C, Flores Adriana E
Abstract excerpt
Although having five different ways of transmission the vector-borne is the principal way of transmission of Chagas disease, which involves insects of the subfamily Triatominae (Hemiptera: Reduviidae). Nineteen of the 31 species that occur in Mexico are associated with humans, and all are capable of transmitting the disease. Pyrethroids are the insecticides recommended for the control of these vectors in Mexico....
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