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17 December 2022 Evaluation of Tick Abundance and Pyrethroid Resistance Via Determination of Glutathione-S-Transferases Activity
Marija Vukčević, Aleksandra Nikolić-Kokić, Ivan Aleksić, Sanja Todorović, Zorana Oreščanin-Dušić, Duško Blagojević, Dragana Despot
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Controlling the number of ticks as carriers of infectious diseases is very important. The process is sometimes compromised by activating the protective mechanisms of the tick itself. Glutathione-S-transferases activity (GSTs) was the subject of our investigation of tick abundance after pyrethroid treatment. We determined GSTs activity in ticks collected from six locations in Belgrade before and after pyrethroid treatment and correlated it with the number of ticks in the locations. The results showed that tick abundance correlated with GSTs activity. On the other hand, treatment efficiency was location-dependent, being similar in each particular location in both April (spring) and October (autumn). Our results suggest that GSTs activity reflects the influence of both present local allelochemicals from different environmental seasonal vegetation and applied pyrethroid. We can conclude that by evaluating GSTs activity in ticks from particular locations as well as during the treatment with acaricides tick removal practice could be improved.

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Marija Vukčević, Aleksandra Nikolić-Kokić, Ivan Aleksić, Sanja Todorović, Zorana Oreščanin-Dušić, Duško Blagojević, and Dragana Despot "Evaluation of Tick Abundance and Pyrethroid Resistance Via Determination of Glutathione-S-Transferases Activity," Journal of Economic Entomology 116(1), 233-239, (17 December 2022). https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/toac190
Received: 19 August 2022; Accepted: 9 November 2022; Published: 17 December 2022
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KEYWORDS
abundance
glutathione-S-transferases
pyrethroid
resistance
tick
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