Evidence of pyrethroid resistance in eggs of Pediculus humanus capitis (Phthiraptera: Pediculidae) from Argentina

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 693-697

  Cueto, Gastón Mougabure ^a   Zerba, Eduardo Nicolás ^a,b   Picollo, María Inés ^a  

^a Centro de Investigaciones de Plagas e Insecticidas   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN MARTÍN   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Eggs; Head lice; Insecticide; Pyrethroids; Resistance

Indexed keywords

CHLORPHENOTANE; INSECTICIDE; PYRETHROID;

ANIMAL; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG RESISTANCE; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; NYMPH; OOCYTE; PEDICULUS; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ARGENTINA; DDT; DRUG RESISTANCE; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; INSECTICIDES; NYMPH; OVUM; PEDICULUS; PYRETHRINS;

HEXAPODA; PEDICULIDAE; PEDICULUS; PEDICULUS HUMANUS; PEDICULUS HUMANUS CAPITIS; PHTHIRAPTERA;

EID: 49249135531     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585(2008)45[693:EOPRIE]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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