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Genetic variation associated with increased insecticide resistance in the malaria mosquito, Anopheles coluzzii.
Parasites & vectors - 4 Apr 2018
Main Bradley J, Everitt Amanda, Cornel Anthony J, Hormozdiari Fereydoun, Lanzaro Gregory C
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BACKGROUND: Malaria mortality rates in sub-Saharan Africa have declined significantly in recent years as a result of increased insecticide-treated bed net (ITN) usage. A major challenge to further progress is the emergence and spread of insecticide resistance alleles in the Anopheles mosquito vectors, like An. coluzzii. A non-synonymous mutation in the para voltage-gated sodium channel gene reduces...
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