Pyrethroid resistance in tropical bedbugs, Cimex hemipterus, associated with use of treated bednets

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 448-451

  Myamba, J ^a   Maxwell, C A ^a,b   Asidi, A ^b   Curtis, Chris F ^b  

^a Ubwari F Stn Tanzanian NIM Res   (Tanzania)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bedbugs; Bednets; Cimex hemipterus; Cimicidae; Insecticide resistance; Malaria vector control; Pyrethroids; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE;

DISEASE VECTOR;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BED; CIMEX; DRUG EFFECT; INSECT CONTROL; INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICS; TANZANIA; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BEDBUGS; BEDDING AND LINENS; INSECT CONTROL; INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE; INSECTICIDES; TANZANIA;

ANIMALIA; CIMEX; CIMICIDAE; INSECTA;

EID: 0036909075     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2915.2002.00389.x     Document Type: Article

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