Status of Resistant and Knockdown of West Nile Vector, Culex pipiens Complex to Different Pesticides in Iran

• Main Authors: Sara Rahimi (Author), Hassan Vatandoost (Author), Mohammad Reza Abai (Author), Ahmad Raeisi (Author), Ahmad Ali Hanafi-Bojd (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences, 2019-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: West Nile virus (WNV) can cause a fatal disease in humans and it is mainly transmitted to people through the bites of infected mosquitoes. Vector control using insecticides is a very important goal. Study of Culex pipiens re­sistance towards several insecticides in the city of Tehran, Ir...