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Presence of the point mutations Val1016Gly in the voltage-gated sodium channel detected in a single mosquito from Panama
28 Jan 2019
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BACKGROUND: In Panama, arboviroses such as dengue fever, and more recently chikungunya fever and Zika disease, are transmitted by Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus. Their control is based on the elimination of breeding sites and fogging with pyrethroid insecticides. However, one of the significant issues derived from the prolonged use of pyrethroid insecticide is the development of resistance mechanisms, such as...
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