Nadja Wipf and her team tested insecticide resistance of mosquito populations from the field and measured gene expression profiles from individual mosquitoes. Here, Wipf is collecting Anopheles mosquito larvae from a rice field in Tiassalé, Côte d’Ivoire. (Photo: Pie Müller, Swiss TPH)
Nadja Wipf and her team tested insecticide resistance of mosquito populations from the field and measured gene expression profiles from individual mosquitoes. Here, Wipf is collecting Anopheles mosquito larvae from a rice field in Tiassalé, Côte d'Ivoire. (Photo: Pie Müller, Swiss TPH) - Insecticide resistant mosquitoes are a growing concern in malaria control. A study conducted by Swiss TPH and partners raises hope that multi-resistant malaria vectors remain largely susceptible to the insecticide malathion. By studying field mosquito populations in Côte d'Ivoire, the authors found that genes which cause resistance to the widely used pyrethroid insecticides likely increase susceptibility to malathion. This phenomenon could be exploited as a targeted tool for malaria control. The findings were published yesterday in the peer-reviewed journal PLOS Genetics.
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