Insecticide resistance exerts significant fitness costs in immature stages of Anopheles gambiae in western Kenya

Abstract Background Despite increasing documentation of insecticide resistance in malaria vectors against public health insecticides in sub-Saharan Africa, there is a paucity of information on the potential fitness costs of pyrethroid resistance in malaria vectors, which is important in improving th...

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Main Authors: Joyce K. Osoro, Maxwell G. Machani, Eric Ochomo, Christine Wanjala, Elizabeth Omukunda, Stephen Munga, Andrew K. Githeko, Guiyun Yan, Yaw A. Afrane
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-06-01
Series:Malaria Journal
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-021-03798-9