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Pyrethroid tolerance is associated with elevated expression of antioxidants and agricultural practice in Anopheles arabiensis sampled from an area of cotton fields in Northern Cameroon.
Molecular ecology - 1 Feb 2008
Müller Pie, Chouaïbou Mouhamadou, Pignatelli Patricia, Etang Josiane, Walker Edward D, Donnelly Martin J, Simard Frédéric, Ranson Hilary
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Spraying of agricultural crops with insecticides can select for resistance in nontarget insects and this may compromise the use of insecticides for the control of vector-borne diseases. The tolerance of the malaria vector, Anopheles arabiensis to deltamethrin was determined in a field population...
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