Spatial and temporal country-wide survey of temephos resistance in Brazilian populations of Aedes aegypti

Spatial and temporal country-wide survey of temephos resistance in Brazilian populations of Aedes aegypti

The organophosphate temephos has been the main insecticide used against larvae of the dengue and yellow fever mosquito (Aedes aegypti) in Brazil since the mid-1980s. Reports of resistance date back to 1995; however, no systematic reports of widespread temephos resistance have occurred to date. As re...

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Main Authors: Mateus Chediak, Fabiano G Pimenta Jr, Giovanini E Coelho, Ima A Braga, José Bento P Lima, Karina Ribeiro LJ Cavalcante, Lindemberg C de Sousa, Maria Alice V de Melo-Santos, Maria de Lourdes da G Macoris, Ana Paula de Araújo, Constância Flávia J Ayres, Maria Teresa M Andrighetti, Ricristhi Gonçalves de A Gomes, Kauara B Campos, Raul Narciso C Guedes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 2016-01-01
Series:Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.
Subjects:
insecticide resistance survey
dengue
distance interpolation
distribution maps
mosquito larvae
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