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Resistance to Dieldrin in Anopheles in Trinidad

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DIELDRIN has been in use as a larvicide against Anopheles neomaculipalpus Curry for several years in the Piarco Airport area of Trinidad. This species is of secondary importance to Anopheles aquasalis as a vector of malaria in the coastal areas of the Colony.

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  1. Ann. Rep. Malaria Div., 1956–1959, Government of Trinidad and Tobago (Mimeographed).

  2. Omardeen, T. A., Nature, 183, 131 (1959).

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  1. Malaria Division, P.O. Box 556, Port of Spain, Trinidad

    T. A. OMARDEEN

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OMARDEEN, T. Resistance to Dieldrin in Anopheles in Trinidad. Nature 190, 559–560 (1961). https://doi.org/10.1038/190559b0

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