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Resistance monitoring in Culex pipiens (Diptera: Culicidae) from central-eastern France.
Journal of medical entomology - 1 Mar 1994
Rivet Y, Raymond M, Rioux J A, Delalbre A, Pasteur N
Abstract excerpt
Insensitive acetylcholinesterase (AceR) and five over-produced esterases (A1, A2 and B2, and A4 and B4) involved in detoxification are responsible for resistance to organophosphorous insecticides (OPs) in Culex pipiens L. from the Rhône-Alpes region, where C. pipiens control is mainly accomplished with the OPs temephos and chlorpyrifos using 0.15 mg/liter doses. The strong linkage disequilibria observed between...
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