Insecticide Resistance and Fitness: The Case of Four Aedes aegypti Populations from Different Brazilian Regions

Background. Chemical control is still a major strategy to constrain vector density and mitigate pathogen transmission. However, insecticide overuse poses a high selective pressure, favouring the spread of resistance alleles in natural populations. In an insecticide-free environment, a fitness cost i...

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Main Authors: Mariana Rocha David, Gabriela Azambuja Garcia, Denise Valle, Rafael Maciel-de-Freitas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2018-01-01
Series:BioMed Research International
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/6257860