Multi-country Survey Revealed Prevalent and Novel F1534S Mutation in Voltage-Gated Sodium Channel (VGSC) Gene in Aedes albopictus.

• Main Authors: Jiabao Xu (Author), Mariangela Bonizzoni (Author), Daibin Zhong (Author), Guofa Zhou (Author), Songwu Cai (Author), Yiji Li (Author), Xiaoming Wang (Author), Eugenia Lo (Author), Rebecca Lee (Author), Roger Sheen (Author), Jinhua Duan (Author), Guiyun Yan (Author), Xiao-Guang Chen (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2016-05-01T00:00:00Z.
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BACKGROUND:Aedes albopictus is an important dengue vector because of its aggressive biting behavior and rapid spread out of its native home range in Southeast Asia. Pyrethroids are widely used for adult mosquito control, and resistance to pyrethroids should be carefully monitored because vector cont...