Bulletin of Entomological Research (2001) 91, 265-272

B.D. Brooke, G. Kloke, R.H. Hunt, L.L. Koekemoer, E.A. Temu, M.E. Taylor, G. Small, J. Hemingway and M. Coetzee (2001)
Bioassay and biochemical analyses of insecticide resistance in southern African Anopheles funestus (Diptera: Culicidae)
Bulletin of Entomological Research 91 (4), 265-272
Abstract: Anopheles funestus Giles has been implicated as a major malaria vector in sub-Saharan Africa where pyrethroid insecticides are widely used in agriculture and public health. Samples of this species from northern Kwazulu/Natal in South Africa and the Beluluane region of southern Mozambique showed evidence of resistance to pyrethroid insecticides. Insecticide exposure, synergist and biochemical assays conducted on A. funestus suggested that elevated levels of mixed function oxidases were responsible for the detoxification of pyrethroids in resistant mosquitoes in these areas. The data suggested that this mechanism was also conferring cross-resistance to the carbamate insecticide propoxur.
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Database assignments for author(s): Basil D. Brooke, Lizette L. Koekemoer, Maureen Coetzee, Janet Hemingway

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
pesticide resistance of pest

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Anopheles funestus		Mozambique
	Anopheles funestus		South Africa