Article
Identification of a point mutation in the voltage‐gated sodium channel gene of Kenyan <i>Anopheles gambiae</i> associated with resistance to DDT and pyrethroids
1 Oct 2000
Abstract excerpt
A field trial of permethrin-impregnated bednets and curtains was initiated in Western Kenya in 1990, and a strain of Anopheles gambiae showing reduced susceptibility to permethrin was colonized from this site in 1992. A leucine-phenylalanine substitution at position 1014 of the voltage-gated sodium channel is associated with resistance to permethrin and DDT in many insect species, including Anopheles gambiae from...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
