Cytochrome P450 monooxygenase (P450) is a superfamily of enzymes that is important in metabolism of endogenous and exogenous compounds. In insects, these enzymes confer resistance to insecticides through its metabolic activities. Members of P450 from family 6 in insects are known to play a role in such function. In this study, we have isolated seven novel family 6 P450 from Aedes albopictus (Sk...

A multi-phased study was conducted in Cambodia from 2005-2011 to measure the impact of larviciding with the bacterial larvicide, Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis (Bti), a water dispersible granule (WG) formulation on the vector, Aedes aegypti (L.) and the epidemiology. In our studies, all in-use containers were treated at 8 g/1000 L, including smaller containers and animal feeders which were ...

L’expansion de l’hévéaculture entraine une forte modification l’environnement en Côte d’Ivoire. Aussi, plusieurs épidémies dengue et fièvre jaune dues Aedes aegypti ont récemment été observées Le profil sensibilité aux insecticides d’Aedes dans ces zones d’agriculture masse nécessitant main d’œuvre importante est mal connu. Cette étude a établi le les cultures d’hévéa Dabou afin mieux planifier...

Uviovo and Beatty1) reported that zinc decreased brood size and body size of young at birth, but had no effect on the intervals between broods in the guppy. Boyd2) reported that a threshold concentration of organochloric insecticides such as DDT, dieldrin, toxaphen and lindane caused the pregnant females of the mosquitofish to abort. However, little attention has been paid to the stage of pregn...