Sodium channel activation underlies transfluthrin repellency in Aedes aegypti.

• Main Authors: Felipe Andreazza (Author), Wilson R Valbon (Author), Qiang Wang (Author), Feng Liu (Author), Peng Xu (Author), Elizabeth Bandason (Author), Mengli Chen (Author), Shaoying Wu (Author), Leticia B Smith (Author), Jeffrey G Scott (Author), Youfa Jiang (Author), Dingxin Jiang (Author), Aijun Zhang (Author), Eugenio E Oliveira (Author), Ke Dong (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2021-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<h4>Background</h4>Volatile pyrethroid insecticides, such as transfluthrin, have received increasing attention for their potent repellent activities in recent years for controlling human disease vectors. It has been long understood that pyrethroids kill insects by promoting activation an...