Insecticide-driven patterns of genetic variation in the dengue vector Aedes aegypti in Martinique Island.

Effective vector control is currently challenged worldwide by the evolution of resistance to all classes of chemical insecticides in mosquitoes. In Martinique, populations of the dengue vector Aedes aegypti have been intensively treated with temephos and deltamethrin insecticides over the last fifty...

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Main Authors: Sébastien Marcombe, Margot Paris, Christophe Paupy, Charline Bringuier, André Yebakima, Fabrice Chandre, Jean-Philippe David, Vincent Corbel, Laurence Despres
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3799629?pdf=render