Contemporary status of insecticide resistance in the major Aedes vectors of arboviruses infecting humans.

• Main Authors: Catherine L Moyes (Author), John Vontas (Author), Ademir J Martins (Author), Lee Ching Ng (Author), Sin Ying Koou (Author), Isabelle Dusfour (Author), Kamaraju Raghavendra (Author), João Pinto (Author), Vincent Corbel (Author), Jean-Philippe David (Author), David Weetman (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2017-07-01T00:00:00Z.
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Both Aedes aegytpi and Ae. albopictus are major vectors of 5 important arboviruses (namely chikungunya virus, dengue virus, Rift Valley fever virus, yellow fever virus, and Zika virus), making these mosquitoes an important factor in the worldwide burden of infectious disease. Vector control using in...