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Insecticide Resistance and Fitness: The Case of Four Aedes aegypti Populations from Different Brazilian Regions
9 Oct 2018
Abstract excerpt
Background. Chemical control is still a major strategy to constrain vector density and mitigate pathogen transmission. However, insecticide overuse poses a high selective pressure, favouring the spread of resistance alleles in natural populations. In an insecticide-free environment, a fitness cost is expected in resistant insects when compared to susceptible counterparts. This study investigates whether...
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