First report of the kdr mutation in Anopheles gambiae M form from Burkina Faso, west Africa.
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.
Diabaté
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IRSS/Laboratoire de Parasito/Entomologie, Centre Muraz, BP 390, Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso. a_diabate@hotmail.com
Baldet
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T
Chandre
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F
Guiguemdé
R T
RT
Brengues
C
C
Guillet
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P
Hemingway
J
J
Hougard
J M
JM
D000818:Animals; D000852:Anopheles / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics*; D002050:Burkina Faso; D004351:Drug Resistance / Q000235:genetics*; D017344:Genes, Insect; D006579:Heterozygote; D007303:Insect Vectors / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics*; D007306:Insecticides / Q000494:pharmacology*; D016778:Malaria, Falciparum / Q000517:prevention & control; D009032:Mosquito Control; D011722:Pyrethrins / Q000494:pharmacology*
D007306:Insecticides; D011722:Pyrethrins