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. 2002 Dec;44(3-4):157-8.

First report of the kdr mutation in Anopheles gambiae M form from Burkina Faso, west Africa

A Diabaté  1 , T Baldet, F Chandre, R T Guiguemdé, C Brengues, P Guillet, J Hemingway, J M Hougard
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First report of the kdr mutation in Anopheles gambiae M form from Burkina Faso, west Africa

A Diabaté et al. Parassitologia. 2002 Dec.

Abstract

The kdr mutation, conferring resistance to pyrethroid insecticides, has been reported in several West-African populations of Anopheles gambiae S form and in the M form populations from tropical forest of Benin. We report the finding of a single M specimen collected in the rice-field area of Vallée du Kou (Burkina Faso) showing the mutation at the heterozygous state. The monitoring of kdr mutation in An. gambiae forms/species is of paramount importance to implement effective malaria control tools and may greatly improve the knowledge of the relationship between and within An. gambiae populations.

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