Nationwide investigation of the pyrethroid susceptibility of mosquito larvae collected from used tires in Vietnam.

• Main Authors: Hitoshi Kawada (Author), Yukiko Higa (Author), Yen T Nguyen (Author), Son H Tran (Author), Hoa T Nguyen (Author), Masahiro Takagi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Pyrethroid resistance is envisioned to be a major problem for the vector control program since, at present, there are no suitable chemical substitutes for pyrethroids. Cross-resistance to knockdown agents, which are mainly used in mosquito coils and related products as spatial repellents, is the mos...