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Topical Application Bioassay to Quantify Insecticide Toxicity for Mosquitoes and Fruit Flies
Published on: January 19, 2022
[Susceptibility of Aedes aegypti to temephos and cypermethrin insecticides, Brazil]
Jonny E Duque Luna1, Marcos Ferrer Martins, Adriana Felix dos Anjos
1Laboratório de Entomologia Médica e Veterinária, Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, PR, Brazil.
Revista De Saude Publica
|December 21, 2004
Abstract:
Bioassays were performed in order to detect the susceptibility of Aedes aegypti to the chemical insecticides temephos and cypermethrin. The results showed that this species is susceptible to temephos and presents resistance to cypermethrin.

