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Pyrethroid, DDT and malathion resistance in the malaria vector Anopheles gambiae from the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene - 1 Jan 2013
Basilua Kanza Jean Pierre, El Fahime Elmostafa, Alaoui Sanaa, Essassi El Mokhtar, Brooke Basil, Nkebolo Malafu André, Watsenga Tezzo Francis
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BACKGROUND: Malaria remains the most important parasitic disease in sub-Saharan Africa. We investigated the extent of resistance in the malaria vector Anopheles gambiae from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to three classes of insecticide approved by WHO for indoor residual spraying. METHOD: Standard WHO bioassays were performed on adult Anopheles mosquitoes reared in the laboratory from larvae collected...
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