Resistance monitoring in Culex pipiens (Diptera: Culicidae) from central-eastern France.

doi:10.1093/jmedent/31.2.231

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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 accomplishe...

Topics

Acetylcholinesterase
Animals
Chlorpyrifos
Culex
France
Gene Frequency
Genotype
Geography
Insecticide Resistance
Isoenzymes
Mosquito Control
Probability
Temefos

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