Insecticide resistance and its molecular basis in urban insect pests

MN Naqqash, A Gökçe, A Bakhsh, M Salim - Parasitology research, 2016 - Springer
Insecticide resistance is one of the most important evolutionary phenomena for researchers.
Overuse of chemicals has induced resistance in insect pests that ultimately has led to the …

Diversity and convergence of sodium channel mutations involved in resistance to pyrethroids

FD Rinkevich, Y Du, K Dong - Pesticide biochemistry and physiology, 2013 - Elsevier
Pyrethroid insecticides target voltage-gated sodium channels, which are critical for electrical
signaling in the nervous system. The intensive use of pyrethroids in controlling arthropod …

Assessing the Effects of Aedes aegypti kdr Mutations on Pyrethroid Resistance and Its Fitness Cost

LP Brito, JGB Linss, TN Lima-Camara, TA Belinato… - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Pyrethroids are the most used insecticide class worldwide. They target the voltage gated
sodium channel (NaV), inducing the knockdown effect. In Aedes aegypti, the main dengue …

Pyrethroid resistance in Culex pipiens mosquitoes

JG Scott, MH Yoshimizu, S Kasai - Pesticide biochemistry and physiology, 2015 - Elsevier
Mosquitoes within the Culex pipiens complex are widely distributed and important in the
transmission of many human diseases. Insecticides, pyrethroids in particular, remain a …

Sodium Channel Mutations and Pyrethroid Resistance in Aedes aegypti

Y Du, Y Nomura, BS Zhorov, K Dong - Insects, 2016 - mdpi.com
Pyrethroid insecticides are widely used to control insect pests and human disease vectors.
Voltage-gated sodium channels are the primary targets of pyrethroid insecticides. Mutations …

Relationship between insecticide resistance and kdr mutations in the dengue vector Aedes aegypti in Southern China

CX Li, PE Kaufman, RD Xue, MH Zhao, G Wang… - Parasites & vectors, 2015 - Springer
Background Aedes aegypti is an important vector for dengue virus and thus has been
targeted with pyrethroid insecticides in many areas of the world. As such, resistance has …

Single cell antimicrobial susceptibility testing by confined microchannels and electrokinetic loading

Y Lu, J Gao, DD Zhang, V Gau, JC Liao… - Analytical …, 2013 - ACS Publications
Multidrug-resistant pathogens are an emerging global health problem. In addition to the
need of developing new antibiotics in the pipeline, the ability to rapidly determine the …

Differential resistance of insect sodium channels with kdr mutations to deltamethrin, permethrin and DDT

MJ Burton, IR Mellor, IR Duce, TGE Davies… - Insect biochemistry and …, 2011 - Elsevier
Knockdown resistance (kdr) in insects, caused by inherited nucleotide polymorphisms in the
voltage-gated sodium channel (VGSC) gene, is a major threat to the efficacy of pyrethroid …

The cuticle proteins: a putative role for deltamethrin resistance in Culex pipiens pallens

F Fang, W Wang, D Zhang, Y Lv, D Zhou, L Ma… - Parasitology …, 2015 - Springer
Insecticide resistance has been a major public health challenge. It is impendent to study the
mechanism on insecticide resistance. In our previous study, 14 differentially accumulated …

Culex pipiens pallens cuticular protein CPLCG5 participates in pyrethroid resistance by forming a rigid matrix

Y Huang, Q Guo, X Sun, C Zhang, N Xu, Y Xu… - Parasites & vectors, 2018 - Springer
Background Chemical insecticides have hugely reduced the prevalence of vector-borne
diseases around the world, but resistance threatens their continued effectiveness. Despite …