Impact of Insecticide Resistance on the Effectiveness of Pyrethroid-Based Malaria Vectors Control Tools in Benin: Decreased Toxicity and Repellent Effect.

Since the first evidence of pyrethroids resistance in 1999 in Benin, mutations have rapidly increased in mosquitoes and it is now difficult to design a study including a control area where malaria vectors are fully susceptible. Few studies have assessed the after effect of resistance on the success...

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Main Authors: Fiacre R Agossa, Virgile Gnanguenon, Rodrigue Anagonou, Roseric Azondekon, Nazaire Aïzoun, Arthur Sovi, Frédéric Oké-Agbo, Michel Sèzonlin, Martin C Akogbéto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0145207