Mechanisms of pyrethroid resistance in the dengue mosquito vector, Aedes aegypti: target site insensitivity, penetration, and metabolism.

• Auteurs principaux: Shinji Kasai (Auteur), Osamu Komagata (Auteur), Kentaro Itokawa (Auteur), Toshio Shono (Auteur), Lee Ching Ng (Auteur), Mutsuo Kobayashi (Auteur), Takashi Tomita (Auteur)
• Format: Livre
• Publié: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z.
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Aedes aegypti is the major vector of yellow and dengue fevers. After 10 generations of adult selection, an A. aegypti strain (SP) developed 1650-fold resistance to permethrin, which is one of the most widely used pyrethroid insecticides for mosquito control. SP larvae also developed 8790-fold resist...