Yawson, A. E., McCall, Philip ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0007-3985, Wilson, M. D. and Donnelly, Martin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5218-1497 (2004) 'Species abundance and insecticide resistance of Anopheles gambiae in selected areas of Ghana and Burkina Faso'. Medical and Veterinary Entomology, Vol 18, Issue 4, pp. 372-377.
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The Ghanaian National Malaria Control Programme has prioritized insecticide-treated materials as a key strategy for malaria control. We report on a survey of the distribution of the molecular forms of Anopheles gambiae Giles (Diptera: Culicidae) and insecticide resistance (the kdr mutation), carried out by sampling mosquitoes from 11 locations in Ghana and one additional site in Burkina Faso. The molecular M and S forms of An. gambiae were found to occur in sympatry in southern Ghana. The S form predominated throughout its distribution in the coastal savannah, except at one location in the strand and mangrove zone where rice was cultivated. The M form was the only form collected in northern Ghana and was the predominant form (97.5%) in Burkina Faso. No M/S hybrids were detected. The kdr mutation was observed at very high frequencies (98-100%) within the S form but reached a maximum of only 3.38% in the M form in one population at an irrigation scheme in the Ghanaian coastal savannah zone.
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