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Open Access | Insecticide resistance in malaria vector mosquitoes at four localities in Ghana, West Africa

Submitted by patrick sampao on June 18, 2011 - 14:09
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Richard H Hunt, Godwin Fuseini, Steve Knowles, Joseph Stiles-Ocran, Rolf Verster, Maria L Kaiser, Kwang Shik Choi, Lizette L Koekemoer and Maureen Coetzee
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Parasites & Vectors 2011, 4:107, June 2011
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The data highlight the complexity of the situation prevailing in southern Ghana and the challenges facing the malaria vector control programmes in this region.

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Case Reports: pfmdr1 Amplification Associated with Clinical Resistance to Mefloquine in West Africa: Implications for Efficacy of Artemisinin Combination Therapies

Submitted by patrick sampao on October 1, 2010 - 09:36
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Benoit W., Xavier I., et al.
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J. Clin. Microbiol., Oct 2010; 48: 3797 - 3799.
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berry.a@chu-toulouse.fr

We describe here a clinical failure in the treatment with mefloquine of acute falciparum malaria contracted in Africa and associated with in vitro mefloquine resistance and pfmdr1 copy number amplification.

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Open Access | Culicidae diversity, malaria transmission and insecticide resistance alleles in malaria vectors in Ouidah-Kpomasse-Tori district from Benin (West Africa): A pre-intervention study

Submitted by patrick sampao on September 10, 2010 - 14:08
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Djenontin A, Bio-Bangana S, Moiroux N, Henry M, Bousari O, Chabi J, Osse R, Koudenoukpo S, Corbel V, Akogbeto M, Chandre F
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Parasites & Vectors 2010, 3:83 (6 September 2010)
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This study is a necessary prerequisite to cartography malaria risk and to improve vector control operations in southern Benin.

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Open Access | Malaria Incidence and Prevalence Among Children Living in a Peri-Urban Area on the Coast of Benin, West Africa: A Longitudinal Study

Submitted by patrick sampao on September 2, 2010 - 13:30
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Alain N., Annette E., et al.
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Am J Trop Med Hyg 2010 83: 465-473
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nahum_alain@yahoo.fr

Three cross-sectional surveys were also carried out. Malaria incidence showed a marked seasonal distribution with two peaks: the first corresponding to the long rainy season, and the second corresponding to the overflowing of Lake Nokoue.

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