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Concomitant knockdown resistance allele, L982W + F1534C, in Aedes aegypti has the potential to impose fitness costs without selection pressure.
Pesticide biochemistry and physiology - 1 Jun 2023
Uemura Nozomi, Furutani Shogo, Tomita Takashi, Itokawa Kentaro, Komagata Osamu, Kasai Shinji
Abstract excerpt
The Aedes aegypti mosquito, is an arbovirus vector that can spread dengue, chikungunya, Zika, and yellow fever. Pyrethroids are widely used to control mosquitoes. The voltage-gated sodium channel (Vgsc) is the target of pyrethroids, and amino acid substitutions in this channel attenuate the effects of pyrethroids. This is known as knockdown resistance (kdr). Recently, we found that Ae. aegypti with concomitant...
Topics
- Animals
- Insecticides
- Aedes
- Alleles
- Insecticide Resistance
- Pyrethrins
- Mutation
- Voltage-Gated Sodium Channels
- Zika Virus
- Zika Virus Infection
- Mosquito Vectors
