Molecular, Biochemical, and Toxicological Evaluation of Anticholinesterases for control of the Malaria Mosquito, Anopheles gambiae

Pyrethroids are the only class of insecticides approved by the World Health Organization (WHO) for use in insecticide treated nets (ITNs), the first line of malaria vector control. Widespread resistance development to pyrethroids undermines current control efforts, and hence an urgent need for alter...

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Main Author: Mutunga, James Mutuku
Other Authors: Entomology
Format: Others
Language:en_US
Published: Virginia Tech 2015
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/51210
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-05122011-181858/