Behavioral cost & overdominance in Anopheles gambiae.

In response to the widespread use of control strategies such as Insecticide Treated Nets (ITN), Anopheles mosquitoes have evolved various resistance mechanisms. Kdr is a mutation that provides physiological resistance to the pyrethroid insecticides family (PYR). In the present study, we investigated...

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Main Authors: Malal M Diop, Nicolas Moiroux, Fabrice Chandre, Hadrien Martin-Herrou, Pascal Milesi, Olayidé Boussari, Angélique Porciani, Stéphane Duchon, Pierrick Labbé, Cédric Pennetier
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4382092?pdf=render