Article
Larval application of sodium channel homologous dsRNA restores pyrethroid insecticide susceptibility in a resistant adult mosquito population
Registro en:
BONA, Ana Caroline Dalla; et al. Larval application of sodium channel homologous dsRNA restores pyrethroid insecticide susceptibility in a resistant adult mosquito population. Parasite & Vectors, v.9:397, 14p, 2016.
1756-3305
10.1186/s13071-016-1634-y
Autor
Bona, Ana Caroline Dalla
Chitolina, Rodrigo Faitta
Fermino, Marise Lopes
Poncio, Lisiane de Castro
Weiss, Avital
Lima, José Bento Pereira
Paldi, Nitzan
Bernardes, Emerson Soares
Henen, Jonathan
Maori, Eyal
Resumen
Mosquitoes host and pass on to humans a variety of disease-causing pathogens such as infectious viruses and other parasitic microorganisms. The emergence and spread of insecticide resistance is threatening the effectiveness of current control measures for common mosquito vector borne diseases, such as malaria, dengue and Zika. Therefore, the emerging resistance to the widely used pyrethroid insecticides is an alarming problem for public health. Herein we demonstrated the use of RNA interference (RNAi) to increase susceptibility of adult mosquitoes to a widely used pyrethroid insecticide.