Reduced susceptibility to DDT in field populations of Anopheles quadriannulatus and Anopheles arabiensis in Malawi: Evidence for larval selection

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 258-263

  Mzilahowa, T ^a   Ball, A J ^b   Bass, C ^c   Morgan, J C ^b   Nyoni, B ^a   Steen, K ^b   Donnelly, M J ^b   Wilding, C S ^b  

^a MALAWI LIVERPOOL WELLCOME TRUST CLINICAL RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Malawi)

^b LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Anopheles arabiensis; Anopheles quadriannulatus; DDT; Malawi; Selection

Indexed keywords

CHLORPHENOTANE; DELTAMETHRIN; INSECTICIDE; MALATHION; NITRILE; PERMETHRIN; PYRETHROID;

BIOASSAY; BREEDING SITE; DDT; INSECTICIDE; LARVA; MOSQUITO; PESTICIDE RESISTANCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GENETIC DATABASE; GENETICS; INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE; LARVA; MALAWI; MALE;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; DATABASES, GENETIC; DDT; FEMALE; INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE; INSECTICIDES; LARVA; MALATHION; MALAWI; MALE; NITRILES; PERMETHRIN; PYRETHRINS;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; MALAWI; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

ANOPHELES ARABIENSIS; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ANOPHELES QUADRIANNULATUS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA;

EID: 49749113791     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: 13652915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.2008.00736.x     Document Type: Article

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