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Kdr genotyping in Aedes aegypti from Brazil on a nation-wide scale from 2017 to 2018.
Scientific reports - 6 Aug 2020
Melo Costa Monique, Campos Kauara Brito, Brito Luiz Paulo, Roux Emmanuel, Melo Rodovalho Cynara, Bellinato Diogo Fernandes, Lima José Bento Pereira, Martins Ademir Jesus
Abstract excerpt
Insecticide resistance is currently a threat to the control of Aedes agypti, the main vector of arboviruses in urban centers. Mutations in the voltage gated sodium channel (NaV), known as kdr (knockdown resistance), constitute an important selection mechanism for resistance against pyrethroids. In the present study, we investigated the kdr distribution for the Val1016Ile and Phe1534Cys alterations in Ae. aegypti...
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