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Interactive cost of Plasmodium infection and insecticide resistance in the malaria vector Anopheles gambiae.
Scientific reports - 19 Jul 2016
Alout Haoues, Dabiré Roch K, Djogbénou Luc S, Abate Luc, Corbel Vincent, Chandre Fabrice, Cohuet Anna
Abstract excerpt
Insecticide resistance raises concerns for the control of vector-borne diseases. However, its impact on parasite transmission could be diverse when considering the ecological interactions between vector and parasite. Thus we investigated the fitness cost associated with insecticide resistance and Plasmodium falciparum infection as well as their interactive cost on Anopheles gambiae survival and fecundity. In...
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