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Insecticide resistance and its underlying mechanisms in field populations of Aedes aegypti adults (Diptera: Culicidae) in Singapore

Koou SY 1 , Chong CS 2 , Vythilingam I 3 , Lee CY 4 , Ng LC 5

Affiliations 

  • 1 Environmental Health Institute, National Environment Agency, 11 Biopolis Way #06-05/08, Helios Block, S (138667), Singapore, ᅟ. koou_sin_ying@nea.gov.sg
  • 2 Environmental Health Institute, National Environment Agency, 11 Biopolis Way #06-05/08, Helios Block, S (138667), Singapore, ᅟ. chong_chee_seng@nea.gov.sg
  • 3 Parasitology Department, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. indra.vythilingam@gmail.com
  • 4 Urban Entomology Laboratory, Vector Control Research Unit, School of Biological Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800, Penang, Malaysia. chowyang@usm.my
  • 5 Environmental Health Institute, National Environment Agency, 11 Biopolis Way #06-05/08, Helios Block, S (138667), Singapore, ᅟ. ng_lee_ching@nea.gov.sg
Parasit Vectors, 2014;7:471.
PMID: 25301032 DOI: 10.1186/s13071-014-0471-0

Abstract

In Singapore, dose-response bioassays of Aedes aegypti (L.) adults have been conducted, but the mechanisms underlying resistance to insecticides remain unclear. In this study, we evaluated insecticide resistance and its underlying mechanism in field populations of Ae. aegypti adults.

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