A mutation in the voltage-gated sodium channel gene associated with pyrethroid resistance in Latin American Aedes aegypti
(2007)
Journal Article
Black IV, W. C., Saavedra-Rodriguez, K., Urdaneta-Marquez, L., Rajatileka, S., Moulton, M., Flores, A. E., …Hemingway, J. (2007). A mutation in the voltage-gated sodium channel gene associated with pyrethroid resistance in Latin American Aedes aegypti. Insect Molecular Biology, 16(6), 785-798. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2583.2007.00774.x
Pyrethroids are commonly used as mosquito adulticides and evolution of resistance to these compounds is a major threat to public health. 'Knockdown resistance' to pyrethroids (kdr) is frequently caused by nonsynonymous mutations in the voltage-gated... Read More about A mutation in the voltage-gated sodium channel gene associated with pyrethroid resistance in Latin American Aedes aegypti.