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Frequency of sodium channel genotypes and association with pyrethrum knockdown time in populations of Californian Aedes aegypti.
Parasites & vectors - 6 Mar 2021
Mack Lindsey K, Kelly Erin Taylor, Lee Yoosook, Brisco Katherine K, Shen Kaiyuan Victoria, Zahid Aamina, van Schoor Tess, Cornel Anthony J, Attardo Geoffrey M
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BACKGROUND: Since their detection in 2013, Aedes aegypti has become a widespread urban pest in California. The availability of cryptic larval breeding sites in residential areas and resistance to insecticides pose significant challenges to control efforts. Resistance to pyrethroids is largely attributed to mutations in the voltage gated sodium channels (VGSC), the pyrethroid site of action. However, past studies...
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