The development of resistance and susceptibility of Aedes aegypti larvae and adult mosquitoes against selection pressure to Malathion, Permethrin and temephos insecticides and its cross-resistance relationship against propoxur

Malaysian Journal of Science

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-13

  Selvi, Subramaniam ^a   Edah, Mohd Aris ^a   Nazni, Wasi Ahmad ^b   Lee, Han Lim ^b   Azahari, Abdul Hadi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Bioassay larvae and adults; Lethal concentration; Lethal time; Resistance development; Resistance ratio

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247478072     PISSN: 13943065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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