Larval time-to-hatch and insecticide resistance in the major malaria vector Anopheles gambiae from Ghana

Background Malaria is holoendemic in Ghana. The effectiveness of insecticide based vector control methods is hampered there by the development of insecticide resistance. Resistance to multiple classes of insecticide has previously been detected in a population of the major malaria vector Anopheles g...

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Published in:Malaria journal 2010-10, Vol.9 (S2), p.1-05, Article O5
Main Authors: Brooke, Basil D, Kaiser, Maria L, Koekemoer, Lizette L, Coetzee, Maureen, Hunt, Richard H
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Anopheles gambiae
Aquatic life
Bibliometrics
Colonies
Colonies & territories
Control methods
Hatching
Human diseases
Informetrics
Insecticide resistance
Insecticides
Laboratories
Larvae
Malaria
Mutation
Open access
Oral Presentation
Pesticide resistance
Phenotypes
S form
Vector-borne diseases
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Summary:Background Malaria is holoendemic in Ghana. The effectiveness of insecticide based vector control methods is hampered there by the development of insecticide resistance. Resistance to multiple classes of insecticide has previously been detected in a population of the major malaria vector Anopheles gambiae in the Obuasi region of Ghana. The establishment of a laboratory colony (GAH) using wild An. gambiae S form material from Obuasi has enabled characterization of multiple insecticide resistance in the GAH colony as well as an appraisal of the effect of staggered larval time-to-hatch on the assortment of resistance phenotypes.
ISSN:1475-2875
1475-2875
DOI:10.1186/1475-2875-9-S2-O5