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Voltage-Gated Sodium Channel (Vgsc) Mutation-Based Pyrethroid Resistance in Aedes aegypti Populations of Three Endemic Dengue Risk Areas of Sri Lanka.
BioMed research international - 1 Jan 2021
Ranathunge Tharaka, Udayanga Lahiru, Sarasija Sumudu, Karunathilaka Samudra, Nawarathne Shavindhya, Rathnarajah Haruthra, Dulficar Fathima Fazla, Shafi Fathima Nafla, Dassanayake Ranil S, Gunawardene Y I Nilmini Silva
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BACKGROUND: Pyrethroid insecticides are widely used in many countries for chemical-based control of Ae. aegypti. Regardless of their efficacy, the constant use of insecticides has induced insecticide resistance mechanisms, such as knockdown resistance (kdr) in mosquitoes. Sri Lankan Vector Controlling Entities (VCE) have been using a variety of pyrethroid insecticides as the primary approach for dengue control....
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