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Impacts of agricultural practices on insecticide resistance in the malaria vector Anopheles arabiensis in Khartoum State, Sudan.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2013
Abuelmaali Sara A, Elaagip Arwa H, Basheer Mohammed A, Frah Ehab A, Ahmed Fayez T A, Elhaj Hasabelrasol F A, Elhaj Hassabelrasoul F A, Seidahmed Osama M E, Weetman David, Mahdi Abdel Hamid Muzamil
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Agricultural pesticides may play a profound role in selection of resistance in field populations of mosquito vectors. The objective of this study is to investigate possible links between agricultural pesticide use and development of resistance to insecticides by the major malaria vector Anopheles arabiensis in northern Sudan. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: Entomological surveys were conducted during...
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