Insecticide resistance status in Anopheles gambiae ( s.l. ) in coastal Kenya

Parasites & Vectors

Table 3 Knockdown resistance allelic frequency in An. gambiae (s.s.) populations from Kilifi county, coastal Kenya

Mosquito status^a	N	L1014S allele^b			F^c
Mosquito status^a	N	RR	RS	SS	F^c
Resistant to pyrethroids	15	0	1	14	0.0333
Susceptible to pyrethroids	34	2	1	33	0.0735

N, Number of mosquitoes genotyped
^aResistant refers to mosquitoes alive after 24 h of exposure to pyrethroid pesticide; susceptible indicates dead mosquitoes after 24 h of exposure to pyrethroid pesticide
^bL1014S allele: leucine to serine substitution knockdown resistance (kdr) allele. RR, Homozygous resistant allele; RS, heterozygous resistant allele; SS, susceptible allele
^c F, kdr allele frequency

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