Insecticide resistance in Aedes aegypti from Tapachula, Mexico: Spatial variation and response to historical insecticide use.

• Published in: PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
• Main Authors: Francisco Solis-Santoyo, Americo D Rodriguez, R Patricia Penilla-Navarro, Daniel Sanchez, Alfredo Castillo-Vera, Alma D Lopez-Solis, Eduardo D Vazquez-Lopez, Saul Lozano, William C Black, Karla Saavedra-Rodriguez
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021
• Subjects: Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Public aspects of medicine; RA1-1270; Arctic; Orleans
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009746; https://doaj.org/article/6d675cf03c94478fab16618f33b97a34

Background Insecticide use continues as the main strategy to control Aedes aegypti, the vector of dengue, Zika, chikungunya, and yellow fever. In the city of Tapachula, Mexico, mosquito control programs switched from pyrethroids to organophosphates for outdoor spatial spraying in 2013. Additionally,...