H RansonSummaryAffiliation: University of Liverpool Country: UK Publications
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Insecticide resistance in Culex quinquefasciatus from Zanzibar: implications for vector control programmesChristopher M Jones
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, Liverpool L3 5QA, UK
Parasit Vectors 5:78. 2012..Here, we examine Culex mosquito species from the two main islands to detect W. bancrofti infection and to determine levels of susceptibility to the insecticides used for vector control...
Aging partially restores the efficacy of malaria vector control in insecticide-resistant populations of Anopheles gambiae s.l. from Burkina FasoChristopher M Jones
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, Liverpool L3 5QA, UK
Malar J 11:24. 2012..In this study, LLINs and IRS were tested against young (three to five days) and old (17-19 days) pyrethroid resistant Anopheles gambiae s.l. from Burkina Faso...
Extensive permethrin and DDT resistance in Anopheles arabiensis from eastern and central SudanYousif E Himeidan
Entomology Unit, Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Kassala, New Halfa, Sudan
Parasit Vectors 4:154. 2011..This study assessed resistance to permethrin and DDT in seven populations of Anopheles arabiensis from Sudan...
Anopheles gambiae distribution and insecticide resistance in the cities of Douala and Yaoundé (Cameroon): influence of urban agriculture and pollutionChristophe Antonio-Nkondjio
Laboratoire de Recherche sur le Paludisme, Organisation de Coordination pour la lutte contre les Endémies en Afrique Centrale OCEAC, P O Box 288, Yaounde, Cameroon
Malar J 10:154. 2011..A study was undertaken to assess the importance of urban pollution and agriculture practice on the distribution and susceptibility to insecticide of malaria vectors in the two main cities in Cameroon...
Mapping a quantitative trait locus (QTL) conferring pyrethroid resistance in the African malaria vector Anopheles funestusCharles S Wondji
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, Liverpool, L3 5QA, UK
BMC Genomics 8:34. 2007..Microsatellite and SNP markers were used to construct a linkage map and to detect a quantitative trait locus (QTL) associated with pyrethroid resistance in the FUMOZ-R strain of An. funestus from Mozambique...
Transcription profiling of a recently colonised pyrethroid resistant Anopheles gambiae strain from GhanaPie Müller
Vector Group, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, L3 5QA, UK
BMC Genomics 8:36. 2007..Although three enzyme families (cytochrome P450s, glutathione S-transferases and carboxylesterases) have been widely associated with insecticide detoxification the role of individual enzymes is largely unknown...
Plasmodium infection alters Anopheles gambiae detoxification gene expressionRute C Félix
Centro de Malaria e Outras Doencas Tropicais, UEI Malária, Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
BMC Genomics 11:312. 2010..The current study aimed at identifying which loci coding for detoxification enzymes are differentially expressed as a function of Plasmodium berghei infection in midgut and fat body tissues...
Identification and analysis of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the mosquito Anopheles funestus, malaria vectorCharles S Wondji
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, Liverpool, L3 5QA, UK
BMC Genomics 8:5. 2007..Here we report a genome-wide set of SNP markers for use in genetic studies on this important human disease vector...
Exploring the molecular basis of insecticide resistance in the dengue vector Aedes aegypti: a case study in Martinique Island (French West Indies)Sebastien Marcombe
Laboratoire de Lutte contre les Insectes Nuisibles LIN, Institut de Recherche Pour le Développement IRD Montpellier, France
BMC Genomics 10:494. 2009..Resistance of Ae. aegypti to chemical insecticides has been reported worldwide and the underlying molecular mechanisms, including the identification of enzymes involved in insecticide detoxification are not completely understood...
Transcriptomics and disease vector controlJohn Vontas
Laboratory of Molecular Entomology, Faculty of Biotechnology and Applied Biology, Department of Biology, University of Crete, Heraklio, 71409, Greece
BMC Biol 8:52. 2010..A study in BMC Genomics applies this approach to investigating the effects of exposure to a range of xenobiotics on changes in gene expression in the larvae of Aedes aegypti, the mosquito vector of dengue fever...
Identification of a novel class of insect glutathione S-transferases involved in resistance to DDT in the malaria vector Anopheles gambiaeH Ranson
School of Biosciences, Main College, Cardiff University, PO Box 915, Cardiff CF10 3TL, Wales, UK
Biochem J 359:295-304. 2001..5-fold higher in a DDT resistant strain than in the susceptible strain and demonstrate that recombinant AgGST3-2 has very high DDT dehydrochlorinase activity...
