Evaluation of a polymerase chain reaction assay for detection of pyrethroid insecticide resistance in the malaria vector species of the Anopheles gambiae complex

Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 565-568

  Brooke, Basil D ^a   Hunt, Richard H ^a   Koekemoer, Lizette L ^a   Dossou Yovo, Joel ^b   Coetzee, Maureen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b Institut Pierre Richet Bouake   (Côte d’Ivoire)

Author keywords

Anopheles gambiae complex; Malaria control; Polymerase chain reaction; Pyrethroid resistance; Resistance detection

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE; PERMETHRIN; PYRETHROID;

ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENETICS; INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE; MALARIA; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; INSECT VECTORS; INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE; INSECTICIDES; MALARIA; PERMETHRIN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PYRETHRINS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0033250713     PISSN: 8756971X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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