Article
Resistance to DDT in an urban setting: common mechanisms implicated in both M and S forms of Anopheles gambiae in the city of Yaoundé Cameroon.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2013
Fossog Tene Billy, Poupardin Rodolphe, Costantini Carlo, Awono-Ambene Parfait, Wondji Charles S, Ranson Hilary, Antonio-Nkondjio Christophe
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: In the city of Yaoundé in Cameroon malaria is predominately transmitted by the M and S molecular forms of Anopheles gambiae and both are resistant to the pyrethroid insecticides and DDT. Mutations in the target site of these insecticides, present at a high frequency in malaria vectors in this city, contribute to this resistance profile. To identify additional resistance mechanisms, the expression...
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