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Dynamics of multiple insecticide resistance in the malaria vector Anopheles gambiae in a rice growing area in South-Western Burkina Faso.
Malaria journal - 25 Sept 2008
Dabiré Kounbobr Roch, Diabaté Abdoulaye, Djogbenou Luc, Ouari Ali, N'Guessan Raphaël, Ouédraogo Jean-Bosco, Hougard Jean-Marc, Chandre Fabrice, Baldet Thierry
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Insecticide resistance of the main malaria vector, Anopheles gambiae, has been reported in south-western Burkina Faso, West Africa. Cross-resistance to DDT and pyrethroids was conferred by alterations at site of action in the sodium channel, the Leu-Phe kdr mutation; resistance to organophosphates and carbamates resulted from a single point mutation in the oxyanion hole of the acetylcholinesterase...
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