Pyrethroid resistance mechanisms in the head louse Pediculus capitis from Israel: Implications for control

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 89-96

  Hemingway, J ^a   Miller, J ^b   Mumcuoglu, K Y ^b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

DDT; Glutathione S transferase; Head louse; Israel; Knockdown resistance; Monooxygenase; Nerve insensitivity; Pediculus capitis; Permethrin; Phenothrin; Pyrethroid resistance

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE; PYRETHROID;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHILD; HUMAN; INSECT CONTROL; INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE; ISRAEL; PEDICULUS;

ANIMALS; CHILD; HUMANS; INSECT CONTROL; INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE; INSECTICIDES; ISRAEL; PEDICULUS; PYRETHRINS;

ANIMALIA; INSECTA; PEDICULUS; PEDICULUS HUMANUS CAPITIS; PHTHIRAPTERA;

EID: 0033082474     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2915.1999.00141.x     Document Type: Article

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