Insecticide resistance genes affect vector competence for West Nile virus

(Institut Pasteur) In a context of overuse of insecticides, which leads to the selection of resistant mosquitoes, it is already known that this resistance to insecticides affects interactions between mosquitoes and the pathogens they transmit. Researchers from the Institut Pasteur (Paris) and its partners prove that mechanisms of insecticide resistance, observed in Culex quinquefasciatus vector, impact the transmission of West Nile virus.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news