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Multiple insecticide resistance in Anopheles gambiae s.l. populations from Burkina Faso, West Africa.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2012
Namountougou Moussa, Simard Frédéric, Baldet Thierry, Diabaté Abdoulaye, Ouédraogo Jean Bosco, Martin Thibaud, Dabiré Roch K
Abstract excerpt
Malaria control programs are being jeopardized by the spread of insecticide resistance in mosquito vector populations. The situation in Burkina Faso is emblematic with Anopheles gambiae populations showing high levels of resistance to most available compounds. Although the frequency of insecticide target-site mutations including knockdown resistance (kdr) and insensitive acetylcholinesterase (Ace-1(R)) alleles...
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