Evolution of insecticide resistance in non-target black flies (Diptera: Simuliidae) from Argentina

Black flies, a non-target species of the insecticides used in fruit production, represent a severe medical and veterinary problem. Large increases in the level of resistance to the pyrethroids fenvalerate (more than 355-fold) and deltamethrin (162-fold) and a small increase in resistance to the orga...

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Main Authors: Cristina Mónica Montagna, Lidia Ester Gauna, Ana Pechen de D'Angelo, Olga Liliana Anguiano
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 2012-06-01
Series:Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762012000400003&lng=en&tlng=en