Resistance of Aedes aegypti from the state of São Paulo, Brazil, to organophosphates insecticides

Since the reintroduction of Aedes aegypti in the state of São Paulo, in the middle of the 1980-decade, organophosphate insecticides are being used to control the dengue vector. In 1996, an annual program for monitoring the susceptibility of Ae. aegypti to the insecticides was implemented. Some of th...

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Main Authors: Maria de Lourdes G Macoris, Maria Teresa M Andrighetti, Luiz Takaku, Carmen M Glasser, Vanessa C Garbeloto, José Eduardo Bracco
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ) 2003-07-01
Series:Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762003000500020