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Detection and selection of organophosphate and carbamate resistance in Culex quinquefasciatus from Saudi Arabia
Author(s) -
AMIN A. M.,
PEIRIS H. T. R.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
medical and veterinary entomology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.028
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1365-2915
pISSN - 0269-283X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2915.1990.tb00439.x
Subject(s) - propoxur , culex quinquefasciatus , carbamate , biology , organophosphate , toxicology , population , selection (genetic algorithm) , veterinary medicine , pesticide , larva , ecology , environmental health , biochemistry , aedes aegypti , medicine , artificial intelligence , computer science
. Resistance to a number of organophosphorus insecticides and the carbamate propoxur has been detected in a field population of Culex quinquefasciatus Say from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Cross resistance studies indicate that the same mechanism(s) may produce resistance to the full range of these compounds.