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. 2012 Sep;18(9):1508-11.
doi: 10.3201/eid1809.120262.

Multiple-insecticide resistance in Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes, Southern Côte d'Ivoire

Constant V A Edi  1 , Benjamin G Koudou, Christopher M Jones, David Weetman, Hilary Ranson
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Multiple-insecticide resistance in Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes, Southern Côte d'Ivoire

Constant V A Edi et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2012 Sep.

Abstract

Malaria control depends on mosquito susceptibility to insecticides. We tested Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes from Côte d'Ivoire for resistance and screened a subset for target site mutations. Mosquitoes were resistant to insecticides of all approved classes. Such complete resistance, which includes exceptionally strong phenotypes, presents a major threat to malaria control.

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Figure 1
Figure 1
Time-mortality curve for wild-caught Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes from Tiassalé, southern Côte d’Ivoire, exposed to deltamethrin (median time to death = 248 minutes). Logistic regression line was fitted to time-response data by using SigmaPlot version 11.0 (www.sigmaplot.com). R2 = 0.96. Error bars indicate SEM.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Time-mortality curve for wild-caught Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes from Tiassalé, southern Côte d’Ivoire, exposed to bendiocarb (median time to death = 286 minutes). Logistic regression line was fitted to time-response data by using SigmaPlot version 11.0 (www.sigmaplot.com). R2 = 0.88. Error bars indicate SEM.
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