Insecticide cross-resistance spectra and underlying resistance mechanisms of Sri Lankan anopheline vectors of malaria

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 460-469

  Karunaratne, Parakrama ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; CHLORPYRIFOS; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; INSECTICIDE; MALATHION; PERMETHRIN; PROPOXUR; PYRETHROID;

ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE; MALARIA; MOSQUITO; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SRI LANKA;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CHLORPYRIFOS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; INSECT VECTORS; INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE; INSECTICIDES; MALARIA; MALATHION; MOSQUITO CONTROL; PERMETHRIN; PROPOXUR; PYRETHRINS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SRI LANKA;

EID: 0033186957     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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