The molecular basis of insecticide resistance in mosquitoes

J Hemingway, NJ Hawkes, L McCarroll… - Insect biochemistry and …, 2004 - Elsevier
Insecticide resistance is an inherited characteristic involving changes in one or more insect
gene. The molecular basis of these changes are only now being fully determined, aided by …

Insecticide resistance in Culex quinquefasciatus Say, 1823 in Brazil: a review

RP Lopes, JBP Lima, AJ Martins - Parasites & vectors, 2019 - Springer
Culex quinquefasciatus is a successful invasive species broadly distributed in subtropical
regions, including Brazil. It is an extremely annoying mosquito due to its nocturnal biting …

The evolution of new enzyme function: lessons from xenobiotic metabolizing bacteria versus insecticide‐resistant insects

RJ Russell, C Scott, CJ Jackson… - Evolutionary …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Here, we compare the evolutionary routes by which bacteria and insects have evolved
enzymatic processes for the degradation of four classes of synthetic chemical insecticide …

Characterization of insecticide resistance in Trinidadian strains of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes

KA Polson, WG Brogdon, SC Rawlins, DD Chadee - Acta tropica, 2011 - Elsevier
Bioassays and biochemical assays were conducted on eight Trinidadian strains of Aedes
aegypti larvae to determine the involvement of biochemical mechanisms in resistance to …

Uso correcto de insecticidas: control de la resistencia

JA Bisset - Revista Cubana de Medicina Tropical, 2002 - scielo.sld.cu
Se hizo una revisión de las estrategias efectivas para el control de la resistencia, las
perspectivas, las tácticas. Se planteó que estas tácticas no son excluyentes pues algunos …

[HTML][HTML] Niveles de resistencia a insecticidas y sus mecanismos en una cepa de Aedes aegypti de Santiago de Cuba

MM Rodríguez, JA Bisset, LH Milá, E Calvo… - Revista Cubana de …, 1999 - scielo.sld.cu
Producto del más reciente brote de dengue en el municipio Santiago de Cuba, se estudió
una cepa de este vector para determinar sus niveles de susceptibilidad y/o resistencia a …

P450 monooxygenases are an important mechanism of permethrin resistance in Culex quinquefasciatus Say larvae

S Kasai, IS Weerashinghe… - Archives of Insect …, 1998 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Culex quinquefasciatus Say from Saudi Arabia (Jpal‐per) showed high levels of
resistance (2,500‐fold) to permethrin. A major contribution of cytochrome P450 …

Quantitative analysis of gene amplification in insecticide-resistant Culex mosquitoes

MG PATON, SHPP KARUNARATNE… - Biochemical …, 2000 - portlandpress.com
The amplification of carboxylesterase structural genes followed by their overexpression is
the most common mechanism of resistance to organophosphorus insecticides in Culex …

Insecticide resistance mapping in the vector of lymphatic filariasis, Culex quinquefasciatus Say from northern region of West Bengal, India

P Rai, M Bharati, A Subba, D Saha - PLoS One, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Culex quinquefasciatus is a vector of lymphatic filariasis and vector control strategies
normally involve the use of synthetic insecticides targeted against them. Extensive and …

Cross-resistance to pyrethroid and organophosphorus insecticides in the southern house mosquito (Diptera: Culicidae) from Cuba

J Bisset, M Rodriguez, A Soca, N Pasteur… - Journal of medical …, 1997 - academic.oup.com
A sample of the southern house mosquito, Culex pipiens quinquefasciatus Say, from Cuba
was subjected to lambda-cyhalothrin selection to evaluate the usefulness of this pyrethroid …