Fitness costs in the presence and absence of insecticide use explains abundance of two common Aedes aegypti kdr resistance alleles found in the Americas.

• Hoofdauteurs: Juan J Silva (Auteur), Cera R Fisher (Auteur), Anastacia E Dressel (Auteur), Jeffrey G Scott (Auteur)
• Formaat: Boek
• Gepubliceerd in: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2023-11-01T00:00:00Z.
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Aedes aegypti is the vector of viruses such as chikungunya, dengue, yellow fever and Zika that have a critical impact on human health. Control of adult mosquitoes is widely done using pyrethroids, but resistance has reduced the effectiveness of this class of insecticides. Resistance to pyrethroids i...