Insecticide control of vector-borne diseases: When is insecticide resistance a problem?

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 5-6

  Rivero, Ana ^a   Vézilier, Julien ^a   Weill, Mylene ^b   Read, Andrew F ^c,d   Gandon, Sylvain ^e  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^e CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBAMATE INSECTICIDE; INSECTICIDE; METHOPRENE; ORGANOCHLORINE INSECTICIDE; ORGANOPHOSPHATE INSECTICIDE; PYRETHROID;

ARTICLE; DISEASE CARRIER; INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITOSIS; VECTOR CONTROL; ANIMAL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

HEXAPODA;

ANIMALS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE; INSECTICIDES;

EID: 77958147136     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1001000     Document Type: Article

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