Molecular evidence for a kdr-like pyrethroid resistance mechanism in the malaria vector mosquito Anopheles stephensi

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 138-144

  Enayati, Ahmad Ali ^a   Vatandoost, Hassan ^b   Ladonni, Hossein ^b   Townson, H ^c   Hemingway, Janet ^c  

^a MAZANDARAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

A T base change; Amino acid substitution; Anopheles stephensi; DDT pyrethroid cross resistance; Esterases; Glutathione S transferases; Insecticide resistance; kdr; Knockdown resistance; Malaria vector; Monooxygenases; Permethrin; Polymerase chain reaction assay

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL CONTROL; MALARIA; MOSQUITO; PESTICIDE RESISTANCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; BASE SEQUENCE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; INSECT VECTORS; INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE; LARVA; MALARIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PERMETHRIN; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SODIUM CHANNELS;

MIDDLE EAST;

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ANOPHELES STEPHENSI; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 0038688027     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2915.2003.00418.x     Document Type: Article

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