Impact of agriculture on the selection of insecticide resistance in the malaria vector Anopheles gambiae: a multigenerational study in controlled conditions

Abstract Background Resistance of mosquitoes to insecticides is mainly attributed to their adaptation to vector control interventions. Although pesticides used in agriculture have been frequently mentioned as an additional force driving the selection of resistance, only a few studies were dedicated...

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Main Authors: Theresia Estomih Nkya, Rodolphe Poupardin, Frederic Laporte, Idir Akhouayri, Franklin Mosha, Stephen Magesa, William Kisinza, Jean-Philippe David
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2014-10-01
Series:Parasites & Vectors
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-014-0480-z