Insecticide Resistance Status, Esterase Activity, and Electromorphs from Mosquito Populations of Culex quinquefasciatus Say (Diptera: Culicidae), in Houston (Harris County), Texas

Journal of Vector Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 74-89

  Pietrantonio, Patricia V ^a   Gibson, Grant ^a   Nawrocki, Stefan ^b   Carrier, Fred ^b   Knight Jr , William P ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Harris County Public Health and Environmental Services   (United States)

Author keywords

Carboxylesterases; Cross resistance; Malathion resistance; Resmethrin resistance; Scourge

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYLESTERASE; INSECTICIDE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULEX; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG RESISTANCE; ENZYMOLOGY; EPIDEMIC ENCEPHALITIS; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PEST CONTROL; ST LOUIS FLAVIVIRUS; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CARBOXYLIC ESTER HYDROLASES; CULEX; DRUG RESISTANCE; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS, ST. LOUIS; ENCEPHALITIS, ST. LOUIS; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; INSECTICIDES; PEST CONTROL; TEXAS;

EID: 0034199759     PISSN: 10811710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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