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Dynamics of insecticide resistance in malaria vectors in Benin: first evidence of the presence of L1014S kdr mutation in Anopheles gambiae from West Africa.
Malaria journal - 12 Sept 2011
Djègbè Innocent, Boussari Olayidé, Sidick Aboubakar, Martin Thibaud, Ranson Hilary, Chandre Fabrice, Akogbéto Martin, Corbel Vincent
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BACKGROUND: Insecticide resistance monitoring is essential to help national programmers to implement more effective and sustainable malaria control strategies in endemic countries. This study reported the spatial and seasonal variations of insecticide resistance in malaria vectors in Benin, West Africa. METHODS: Anopheles gambiae s.l populations were collected from October 2008 to June 2010 in four sites selected...
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