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Identification and distribution of a GABA receptor mutation conferring dieldrin resistance in the malaria vector Anopheles funestus in Africa.
Insect biochemistry and molecular biology - 1 Jul 2011
Wondji Charles S, Dabire Roch K, Tukur Zainab, Irving Helen, Djouaka Rousseau, Morgan John C
Abstract excerpt
Growing problems of pyrethroid resistance in Anopheles funestus have intensified efforts to identify alternative insecticides. Many agrochemicals target the GABA receptors, but cross-resistance from dieldrin resistance may preclude their introduction. Dieldrin resistance was detected in An. funestus populations from West (Burkina Faso) and central (Cameroon) Africa, but populations from East (Uganda) and Southern...
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