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The recent escalation in strength of pyrethroid resistance in Anopheles coluzzi in West Africa is linked to increased expression of multiple gene families.
BMC genomics - 1 Mar 2015
Toé Kobié H, N'Falé Sagnon, Dabiré Roch K, Ranson Hilary, Jones Christopher M
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BACKGROUND: Since 2011, the level of pyrethroid resistance in the major malaria mosquito, Anopheles coluzzi, has increased to such an extent in Burkina Faso that none of the long lasting insecticide treated nets (LLINs) currently in use throughout the country kill the local mosquito vectors. We investigated whether this observed increase was associated with transcriptional changes in field-caught Anopheles...
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