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Backyard mosquito spraying may be driving insecticide resistance in tiger mosquitoes, with resistance-associated mutations spreading from 0 of sampled residential blocks in 2016–2017 to 84% in 2023 and becoming more common in wealthier neighborhoods
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Backyard Mosquito Sprays May Be Fueling Insecticide Resistance

The choices people make to control mosquitoes in their own backyards may be helping some of those mosquitoes survive the very insecticides meant to kill them.

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