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SUBMITTER: Bellinato DF
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4932163 | biostudies-literature | 2016
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Bellinato Diogo Fernandes DF Viana-Medeiros Priscila Fernandes PF Araújo Simone Costa SC Martins Ademir J AJ Lima José Bento Pereira JB Valle Denise D
BioMed research international 20160621
Insecticides are still largely applied in public health to control disease vectors. In Brazil, organophosphates (OP) and pyrethroids (PY) are used against Aedes aegypti for years. Since 2009 Insect Growth Regulators (IGR) are also employed in the control of larvae. We quantified resistance to temephos (OP), deltamethrin (PY), and diflubenzuron (IGR) of A. aegypti samples from 12 municipalities distributed throughout the country, collected between 2010 and 2012. High levels of resistance to neuro ...[more]