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SUBMITTER: Reddy MR
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3752755 | biostudies-literature | 2013 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Reddy Michael R MR Godoy Adrian A Dion Kirstin K Matias Abrahan A Callender Kevin K Kiszewski Anthony E AE Kleinschmidt Immo I Ridl Frances C FC Powell Jeffrey R JR Caccone Adalgisa A Slotman Michel A MA
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 20130225 5
Anti-malaria interventions that rely on insecticides can be compromised by insecticide-resistance alleles among malaria vectors. We examined frequency changes of resistance alleles at two loci, knockdown resistance (kdr) and acetylcholinesterase-1 (ace-1), which confer resistance to pyrethroids and DDT, and carbamates, respectively. A total of 7,059 Anopheles gambiae sensu stricto mosquitoes were analyzed from multiple sites across continental Equatorial Guinea. A subset of sites included sample ...[more]