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Knockdown resistance mutations in Phlebotomus argentipes sand flies in Bihar, India.
Parasites & vectors - 9 Aug 2024
Kristan Mojca, Hazelgrove Carlamarita, Kumar Kundan, Kumar Ashish, Kumar Vijay, Das Pradeep, Collins Emma, Mark-Carew Miguella, Campino Susana, Cameron Mary
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BACKGROUND: Vector control based on indoor residual spraying (IRS) is one of the main components of the visceral leishmaniasis (VL) elimination programme in India. Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) was used for IRS until 2015 and was later replaced by the synthetic pyrethroid alpha-cypermethrin. Both classes of insecticides share the same target site, the voltage-gated sodium channel (Vgsc). As high levels of...
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