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Resistance to organophosphorus and pyrethroid insecticides in Culex pipiens (Diptera: Culicidae) from Tunisia.
Journal of medical entomology - 1 May 1998
Ben Cheikh H, Ben Ali-Haouas Z, Marquine M, Pasteur N
Abstract excerpt
Resistance to the organophosphates temephos and chlorpyrifos, the carbamate propoxur, the pyrethroid permethrin, and the organochloride DDT was investigated in Tunisian populations of Culex pipiens pipiens (L.) collected between 1990 and 1996. Resistance to temephos was uniformly low, reaching 10-fold in the most resistant population. In contrast, resistance to chlorpyrifos was highly variable, reaching the...
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