Ecological mapping to support mosquito control on the French Mediterranean coast.

Less than a century ago on the French Mediterranean coast, mosquitoes were responsible for a high rate of mortality from malaria. Today, mosquitoes are no more than a nuisance, but mosquito control is carried out actively to protect local residents and the economically important tourist trade. Along the Mediterranean coast, mosquito control makes use of environmental management:, biological control and insecticides.

Est-2 and Est-3 polymorphisms in Culex pipiens L. from Southern France in relation to organophosphate resistance.

Est-2 and Est-3 linkage disequilibrium was investigated in 43 natural populations. An association between Est-2(0.64) and Est-3A alleles (or its reverse, Est-3Null and alleles other than Est-2(0.