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Table 3 Detoxification enzyme activities of Anopheles in June 2012 and June 2013

From: Dynamics of pyrethroid resistance in malaria vectors in southern Benin following a large scale implementation of vector control interventions

 

June 2012

June 2013

Mean Anopheles

Mean reference

FC

P-value

Mean Anopheles

Mean reference

FC

P-value

α-Naphthyl acetate

0.202 ± 0.08

0.118 ± 0.03

1.71

0.0001

0.140 ± 0.06

0.147 ± 0.08

0.95

0.463

β-Naphthyl acetate

0.141 ± 0.07

0.101 ± 0.04

1.39

0.0811

0.105 ± 0.10

0.117 ± 0.09

0.89

0.041

Oxydase (P450)

0.094 ± 0.05

0.090 ± 0.06

1.04

0.7617

0.038 ± 0.02

0.091 ± 0.03

0.41

0.0166

GST

0.264 ± 0.15

0.142 ± 0.03

1.86

<0.0001

0.521 ± 0.63

0.280 ± 0.65

1.86

0.001

  1. Enzyme activities are expressed by mg of total proteins. Fold Change (FC) is the ratio of mean activity in Anopheles/mean activity in reference strain