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Distribution and pyrethroid resistance status of Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus populations and possible phylogenetic reasons for the recent invasion of Aedes aegypti in Nepal.
Parasites & vectors - 22 Apr 2020
Kawada Hitoshi, Futami Kyoko, Higa Yukiko, Rai Ganesh, Suzuki Takashi, Rai Shiba Kumar
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BACKGROUND: When the first systematic list of mosquitoes in Nepal was reported in 1990, there was no description of Aedes aegypti (L.), while Aedes albopictus (Skuse) has been included in the Stegomyia subgroup since the 1950s. The first record of Ae. aegypti in Nepal was reported in 2009, suggesting some coincidence between the invasion of this species and the first record of dengue fever in Nepal in 2006....
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