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Managing insecticide resistance in malaria vectors by empowering farmers on agrochemicals use
Objectives
- To investigate the impact of xenobiotics commonly found in the mosquito breeding sites on the resistance phenotype at both the larval and adult stage.
- To investigate the impact that sublethal exposure to insecticides has on mosquito fitness.
The data will inform the development of urgently needed resistance management strategies for malaria control programmes in Africa.
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Principal Investigators / Focal Persons
Rationale and Abstract
Insecticide resistance is a major threat to malaria control. Resistance management strategies are based on largely untested hypotheses about sources of selection pressure and fitness costs of resistance.
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Date
May 2016 — Apr 2018
Total Project Funding
$94,013
Funding Details
Wellcome Trust, United Kingdom
62,941 GBP
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