First report of the kdr mutation in Anopheles gambiae M form from Burkina Faso, west Africa

Diabaté, A.; Baldet, T.; Chandre, F.; Guiguemdé, R.T.; Brengues, C.; Guillet, P.; Hemingway, J.; Hougard, J.M.; Diabaté, A; Baldet, T; Chandre, F; Guiguemdé, R.T; Brengues, C; Guillet, P; Hemingway, J; Hougard, J.M

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First report of the kdr mutation in Anopheles gambiae M form from Burkina Faso, west Africa

Diabaté, A.; Baldet, T.; Chandre, F.; Guiguemdé, R.T.; Brengues, C.; Guillet, P.; Hemingway, J.; Hougard, J.M.

Parassitologia 44(3-4): 157-158

2002

ISSN/ISBN: 0048-2951

PMID: 12701378

Document Number: 546868

The kdr mutation, conferring resistance to pyrethroid insecticides, has been reported in several West-African populations of Anopheles gambiae S form and in the M form populations from tropical forest of Benin. We report the finding of a single M specimen collected in the rice-field area of Vallée du Kou (Burkina Faso) showing the mutation at the heterozygous state. The monitoring of kdr mutation in An. gambiae forms/species is of paramount importance to implement effective malaria control tools and may greatly improve the knowledge of the relationship between and within An. gambiae populations.