Acta tropica
Susceptibility to the larvicide pyriproxyfen and genotyping of kdr mutations in two Aedes aegypti populations from Maranhão State, Brazil.
Valéria Cristina Soares Pinheiro, Juliete Lima Viana, Joelma Soares da Silva, Márcia Verônica Pereira Gonçalves, Aylane Tamara Dos Santos Andrade, Luiz Paulo Brito, Ademir Jesus Martins
Published: 202510.1016/j.actatropica.2025.107946
Abstract
Aedes aegypti is the main vector of arboviruses in the Americas, including dengue, Zika and chikungunya. In Brazil, initial control strategies relied on insecticides, but their continuous use has promoted resistance, mainly through metabolic changes…
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