Very high DDT-resistant population of Anopheles pharoensis theobald (Diptera: Culicidae) from Gorgora, northern Ethiopia

Parasite

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 327-329

  Balkew, Meshesha ^a   Elhassen, I ^b   Ibrahim, M ^b   Gebre Michael, T ^a   Engers, H ^c  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

^c ARMAUER HANSEN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Anopheles pharoensis; DDT; Ethiopia; Insecticide resistance; Malathion; Pyrethroid

Indexed keywords

ANOPHELES PHAROENSIS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA;

EID: 33845687657     PISSN: 1252607X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/parasite/2006134327     Document Type: Article

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