Fitness cost in field and laboratory Aedes aegypti populations associated with resistance to the insecticide temephos

Fitness cost in field and laboratory Aedes aegypti populations associated with resistance to the insecticide temephos

Abstract Background The continued use of chemical insecticides in the context of the National Program of Dengue Control in Brazil has generated a high selective pressure on the natural populations of Aedes aegypti, leading to their resistance to these compounds in the field. Fitness costs have been...

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Main Authors: Diego Felipe Araujo Diniz, Maria Alice Varjal de Melo-Santos, Eloína Maria de Mendonça Santos, Eduardo Barbosa Beserra, Elisama Helvecio, Danilo de Carvalho-Leandro, Bianka Santana dos Santos, Vera Lúcia de Menezes Lima, Constância Flávia Junqueira Ayres
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2015-12-01
Series:Parasites & Vectors
Subjects:
Culicidae
insecticide resistance
organophosphate
temephos
trade-offs
fitness
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-015-1276-5

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-015-1276-5

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