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ORGANISM(S): Aedes aegypti
SUBMITTER: Rodolphe Poupardin
PROVIDER: E-MTAB-1934 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
PLoS neglected tropical diseases 20140320 3
<h4>Background</h4>Thailand is currently experiencing one of its worst dengue outbreaks in decades. As in most countries where this disease is endemic, dengue control in Thailand is largely reliant on the use of insecticides targeting both immature and adult stages of the Aedes mosquito, with the organophosphate insecticide, temephos, being the insecticide of choice for attacking the mosquito larvae. Resistance to temephos was first detected in Aedes aegypti larvae in Thailand approximately 25 y ...[more]