Pyrethroid resistance in a major African malaria vector Anopheles arabiensis from Mamfene, northern KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

South African Journal of Science

Volumn 105, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 127-131

  Mouatcho, J C ^a,b   Munhenga, G ^a,b,c   Hargreaves, K ^d   Brooke, B D ^a,b   Coetzee, M ^a,b,e   Koekemoer, L L ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNICABLE DISEASES   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^d KwaZulu Natal Department of Health   (South Africa)

^e UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Anopheles arabiensis; KwaZulu Natal; Metabolic resistance; Pyrethroid resistance; South Africa

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; BIOCHEMISTRY; DISEASE VECTOR; ENZYME ACTIVITY; IMMUNOASSAY; MALARIA; METABOLISM; MOSQUITO; PERMETHRIN; PESTICIDE RESISTANCE; PROTOZOAN; PYRETHROID; SPRAY;

AFRICA; KWAZULU-NATAL; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

ANOPHELES ARABIENSIS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 68149176696     PISSN: 00382353     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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