Editing Permethrin (section)

=== Resistance ===
In ''[[Aedes aegypti]]'' permethrin resistance is via "[[knockdown resistance]]" (kdr) mutations which is common to pyrethroids and [[DDT]]. This differs to the most common mechanism of [[insecticide resistance]] evolution which is [[selection (genetics)|selection]] for preexisting, low-frequency [[allele]]s. García et al. 2009 found that a kdr allele has rapidly spread throughout Mexico and become dominant there.<ref name="Labbe-et-al-2011">{{cite book | vauthors = Labbé P, Alout H, Djogbénou L, Pasteur N, Weill M | veditors = Tibayrenc M | title=Genetics and Evolution of Infectious Disease | chapter=Evolution of Resistance to Insecticide in Disease Vectors | publisher=[[Elsevier]] | year=2011 | isbn=978-0-12-384890-1 | pages=363–409}}</ref>