Pyrethroid, DDT and malathion resistance in the malaria vector anopheles gambiae from the democratic Republic of Congo

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 8-14

  Kanzaa, Jean Pierre Basilua ^a,b   El Fahime, Elmostafa ^c   Alaoui, Sanaa ^c   Essassi, El Mokhtar ^b   Brooke, Basil ^e,f   Malafu, André Nkebolo ^a   Tezzo, Francis Watsenga ^d  

^a Institut Supérieur des Techniques Médicales de Kinshasa ISTM KIN   (Congo)

^b FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES   (Morocco)

^c Centre National Pour la Recherche Scientifique et Technique   (Monaco)

^d National Institute of Biomedical Research   (Congo)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNICABLE DISEASES   (South Africa)

^f UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Anopheles gambiae; DDT; Democratic Republic of Congo; Insecticide resistance; Malaria; Malathion; Pyrethroids

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; CHLORPHENOTANE; MALATHION; PYRETHROID; INSECT PROTEIN; INSECTICIDE;

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CONGO; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENE SILENCING; INDOOR RESIDUAL SPRAYING; INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE; MALARIA; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VECTOR; PHENOTYPE; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; VECTOR CONTROL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; MUTATION;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; CONGO; DDT; GENOTYPE; INSECT PROTEINS; INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE; INSECTICIDES; MALATHION; MUTATION; PYRETHRINS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84874479333     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: 18783503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/trstmh/trs002     Document Type: Article

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