Detection and selection of organophosphate and carbamate resistance in Culex quinquefasciatus from Saudi Arabia |
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| Authors: | A. M. AMIN H. T. R. PEIRIS |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Parasitology, King Abdul Aziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. |
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| Abstract: | Resistance to a number of organophosphorus insecticides and the carbamate propoxur has been detected in a field population of Culex quinquefasciatus Say from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Cross resistance studies indicate that the same mechanism(s) may produce resistance to the full range of these compounds. |
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| Keywords: | Culex quinquefasciatus larvicide organophosphate cross-resistance Saudi Arabia |
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