Genetic structure of Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae) populations in China and relationship with the knockdown resistance mutations

• Main Authors: Wenqi Shan (Author), Hao Yuan (Author), Hanming Chen (Author), Haowei Dong (Author), Qiuming Zhou (Author), Feng Tao (Author), Jie Bai (Author), Huiying Chen (Author), Yajun Ma (Author), Heng Peng (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2023-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Mosquito control is needed to prevent dengue fever, which is mainly spread by Aedes albopictus in China. Application of insecticides is one of the main mosquito control methods; however, this approach can fail due to the knockdown resistance (kdr) gene mutation that causes decrea...