Monitoring of resistance to the pyrethroid cypermethrin in Brazilian Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) populations collected between 2001 and 2003

Resistance to cypermethrin of different Aedes aegypti Brazilian populations, collected at two successive periods (2001 and 2002/2003), was monitored using the insecticide-coated bottles bioassay. Slight modifications were included in the method to discriminate between mortality and the knock down ef...

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Main Authors: Marcella Pereira da-Cunha, José Bento Pereira Lima, William G Brogdon, Gonzalo Efrain Moya, Denise Valle
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ) 2005-07-01
Series:Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762005000400017