Evaluation of Insecticide Resistance and Biochemical Mechanisms in a Population of Culex quinquefasciatus (Diptera: Culicidae) from São Paulo, Brazil

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 115-120

  Bracco, José Eduardo ^a   Barata, José Maria S ^b   Marinotti, Osvaldo ^b  

^a Lab Bioquim Biol Molec Vetores   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acethylcholinesterase; Control; Culex quinquefasciatus; Esterase; Insecticide resistance

Indexed keywords

CULEX PIPIENS QUINQUEFASCIATUS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA;

ESTERASE; FENITROTHION; INSECTICIDE; MALATHION; PROPOXUR;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CULEX; FEMALE; INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; CULEX; ESTERASES; FEMALE; FENITROTHION; INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE; INSECTICIDES; MALATHION; PROPOXUR;

EID: 0032610389     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02761999000100022     Document Type: Article

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