Open AccessKnockdown times in a simple assay determination of insecticide resistance in malaria vectors
Author(s) -
Jacques Derek Charlwood,
Ayubo Kampango
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
transactions of the royal society of tropical medicine and hygiene
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.725
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1878-3503
pISSN - 0035-9203
DOI - 10.1093/trstmh/trab140
Subject(s) - knockdown resistance , insecticide resistance , gene knockdown , anopheles , malaria , biology , netting , toxicology , veterinary medicine , microbiology and biotechnology , ecology , malathion , pesticide , genetics , medicine , immunology , business , bendiocarb , gene , finance
Determining the insecticide resistance status of malaria vectors, particularly to insecticides used on mosquito nets, is important but is limited to a relatively small number of locations. We describe a simple assay that enables this information to be obtained over a much wider area.