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Resistance to Fipronil in the Common Bed Bug (Hemiptera: Cimicidae).
Journal of medical entomology - 16 Jul 2021
González-Morales María A, DeVries Zachary, Sierras Angela, Santangelo Richard G, Kakumanu Madhavi L, Schal Coby
Abstract excerpt
Cimex lectularius L. populations have been documented worldwide to be resistant to pyrethroids and neonicotinoids, insecticides that have been widely used to control bed bugs. There is an urgent need to discover new active ingredients with different modes of action to control bed bug populations. Fipronil, a phenylpyrazole that targets the GABA receptor, has been shown to be highly effective on bed bugs. However,...
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