Anopheles gambiae

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In malaria: Malaria through history
…in Brazil that eradicated the Anopheles gambiae mosquito, using a dust larvicide (Paris green) against the larvae and a newly discovered insecticide (pyrethrum) against the adult insects. The entire antimalarial effort was given an enormous boost in 1939 when the Swiss chemist Paul Müller discovered the insecticidal properties of DDT.…
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In malaria: Vaccines and other forms of prevention
…that some 37 percent of Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes were resistant to the insecticide. Prior to the study, only 8 percent of A. gambiae mosquitoes carried the genetic mutation responsible for resistance. Although longer-term investigations were needed to confirm the association between LLINs and insecticide resistance, the findings raised important questions…
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