Multiple Insecticide Resistance in the Malaria Vector Anopheles funestus from Northern Cameroon Is Mediated by Metabolic Resistance Alongside Potential Target Site Insensitivity Mutations

Benjamin D. Menze; Jacob M. Riveron; Sulaiman S. Ibrahim; Helen Irving; Christophe Antonio-Nkondjio; Parfait H. Awono-Ambene; Charles S. Wondji

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0163261

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Multiple Insecticide Resistance in the Malaria Vector Anopheles funestus from Northern Cameroon Is Mediated by Metabolic Resistance Alongside Potential Target Site Insensitivity Mutations

Benjamin D. Menze,

Affiliations Vector Biology Department, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom, LSTM/OCEAC Research Unit. Organisation de Coordination pour la lutte contre les Endémies en Afrique Centrale, Yaoundé, Centre Region, Cameroon
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Jacob M. Riveron,

Affiliations Vector Biology Department, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom, LSTM/OCEAC Research Unit. Organisation de Coordination pour la lutte contre les Endémies en Afrique Centrale, Yaoundé, Centre Region, Cameroon
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Sulaiman S. Ibrahim,

Affiliations Vector Biology Department, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom, Biochemistry Department, Bayero University Kano, Kano, Kano State, Nigeria
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Helen Irving,

Affiliation Vector Biology Department, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom
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Christophe Antonio-Nkondjio,

Affiliation LSTM/OCEAC Research Unit. Organisation de Coordination pour la lutte contre les Endémies en Afrique Centrale, Yaoundé, Centre Region, Cameroon
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Parfait H. Awono-Ambene,

Affiliation LSTM/OCEAC Research Unit. Organisation de Coordination pour la lutte contre les Endémies en Afrique Centrale, Yaoundé, Centre Region, Cameroon
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Charles S. Wondji

* E-mail: charles.wondji@lstmed.ac.uk

Affiliations Vector Biology Department, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom, LSTM/OCEAC Research Unit. Organisation de Coordination pour la lutte contre les Endémies en Afrique Centrale, Yaoundé, Centre Region, Cameroon
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Multiple Insecticide Resistance in the Malaria Vector Anopheles funestus from Northern Cameroon Is Mediated by Metabolic Resistance Alongside Potential Target Site Insensitivity Mutations

Benjamin D. Menze,
Jacob M. Riveron,
Sulaiman S. Ibrahim,
Helen Irving,
Christophe Antonio-Nkondjio,
Parfait H. Awono-Ambene,
Charles S. Wondji

Published: October 10, 2016
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0163261

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