Multiple insecticide resistances in the disease vector Culex p. quinquefasciatus from Western Indian Ocean.

Several mosquito-borne diseases affect the Western Indian Ocean islands. Culex pipiens quinquefasciatus is one of these vectors and transmits filariasis, Rift Valley and West Nile viruses and the Japanese encephalitis. To limit the impact of these diseases on public health, considerable vector contr...

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Main Authors: Nicolas Pocquet, Pascal Milesi, Patrick Makoundou, Sandra Unal, Betty Zumbo, Célestine Atyame, Frédéric Darriet, Jean-Sébastien Dehecq, Julien Thiria, Ambicadutt Bheecarry, Diana P Iyaloo, Mylène Weill, Fabrice Chandre, Pierrick Labbé
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3804603?pdf=render