Article
Pyrethroid susceptibility reversal in Aedes aegypti: A longitudinal study in Tapachula, Mexico.
PLoS neglected tropical diseases - 1 Jan 2024
Penilla-Navarro Patricia, Solis-Santoyo Francisco, Lopez-Solis Alma, Rodriguez Americo D, Vera-Maloof Farah, Lozano Saul, Contreras-Mejía Elsa, Vázquez-Samayoa Geovanni, Torreblanca-Lopez Rene, Perera Rushika, Black Iv William C, Saavedra-Rodriguez Karla
Abstract excerpt
Pyrethroid resistance in Aedes aegypti has become widespread after almost two decades of frequent applications to reduce the transmission of mosquito-borne diseases. Because few insecticide classes are available for public health use, insecticide resistance management (IRM) is proposed as a strategy to retain their use. A key hypothesis of IRM assumes that negative fitness is associated with resistance, and when...
Topics
- Animals
- Humans
- Insecticides
- Permethrin
- Aedes
- Mexico
- Longitudinal Studies
- Mosquito Vectors
- Mutation
- Pyrethrins
