Insecticide resistance is mediated by multiple mechanisms in recently introduced Aedes aegypti from Madeira Island (Portugal).

• Main Authors: Gonçalo Seixas (Author), Linda Grigoraki (Author), David Weetman (Author), José Luís Vicente (Author), Ana Clara Silva (Author), João Pinto (Author), John Vontas (Author), Carla Alexandra Sousa (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2017-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Aedes aegypti is a major mosquito vector of arboviruses, including dengue, chikungunya and Zika. In 2005, Ae. aegypti was identified for the first time in Madeira Island. Despite an initial insecticide-based vector control program, the species expanded throughout the Southern coast of the island, su...