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Widespread geographic distribution of Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) kdr variants in Panama.
Journal of medical entomology - 14 Nov 2024
García Joel, Chong Mabelle, Rojas Ambar L, McMillan W Owen, Bennett Kelly L, Lenhart Audrey E, Chaves Luis F, Loaiza Jose R
Abstract excerpt
We searched for evidence of knockdown resistance (kdr) mutations in the voltage-gated sodium channel gene of Aedes aegypti (Linnaeus) (Diptera: Culicidae) and Aedes albopictus (Skuse) (Diptera: Culicidae) mosquitoes from Panama. Conventional PCR was performed on 469 Ae. aegypti and 349 Ae. albopictus. We did not discover kdr mutations in Ae. albopictus, but 2 nonsynonymous kdr mutations, V1016I (found in 101...
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