Mitochondrial phylogeography and insecticide resistance of Aedes aegypti in Kenya

Brenda Musimbi; Sandy Hickson; Trizah K. Milugo; Eleanor Robinson-Rice; Josephine Osalla; Gilbert Rotich; Frank Jiggins; David P. Tchouassi

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0014670

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Mitochondrial phylogeography and insecticide resistance of Aedes aegypti in Kenya

Brenda Musimbi ,

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: bmusimbi@icipe.org (BM); sggh2@cam.ac.uk (SH); fmj1001@cam.ac.uk (FJ); dtchouassi@icipe.org (DPT)

Affiliation International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology, Nairobi, Kenya
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Sandy Hickson ,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: bmusimbi@icipe.org (BM); sggh2@cam.ac.uk (SH); fmj1001@cam.ac.uk (FJ); dtchouassi@icipe.org (DPT)

Affiliation Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Trizah K. Milugo,

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology, Nairobi, Kenya
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Eleanor Robinson-Rice,

Roles Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Cambridge Biosecurity Hub, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Josephine Osalla,

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology, Nairobi, Kenya
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Gilbert Rotich,

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology, Nairobi, Kenya
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Frank Jiggins ,

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: bmusimbi@icipe.org (BM); sggh2@cam.ac.uk (SH); fmj1001@cam.ac.uk (FJ); dtchouassi@icipe.org (DPT)

Affiliation Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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David P. Tchouassi

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: bmusimbi@icipe.org (BM); sggh2@cam.ac.uk (SH); fmj1001@cam.ac.uk (FJ); dtchouassi@icipe.org (DPT)

Affiliation International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology, Nairobi, Kenya

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9910-4704

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Mitochondrial phylogeography and insecticide resistance of Aedes aegypti in Kenya

Brenda Musimbi,
Sandy Hickson,
Trizah K. Milugo,
Eleanor Robinson-Rice,
Josephine Osalla,
Gilbert Rotich,
Frank Jiggins,
David P. Tchouassi

Published: September 8, 2026
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0014670

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