AN ELECTROPHYIOLOGICAL INVESTINGATION OF TARGET SITE INSESITIVITY IN PERMETHRN-RESISTANT AND SUSCEPTIBLE STRAIN OF ANOPHELES STEPHENSI

It was shown that permethrin resistance in adult Anopheles stephensi is due to at least three separate mechanisms. Cytochrome P-450s and esterases are responsible for two-thirds of the 8-fold enhanced tolerance of the DUB-APR resistant strain as compared with a sensitive strain, IND-S. It was postul...

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Main Authors: H. Vatandoost, A. R. McCaffery, H. Townson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 1998-12-01
Series:Iranian Journal of Public Health
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Online Access:https://ijph.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijph/article/view/1765