Publications by authors named "Emmanuella Abbey"
Article Synopsis
- In West Africa, a type of mosquito called Anopheles gambiae can resist insecticides due to a genetic change known as kdr (L1014F), but we don't know how this affects their life cycle.
- Scientists compared two strains of these mosquitoes: one that is susceptible to insecticides (Kisumu) and one that is resistant (KisKdr) to see how their traits differ in a lab without insecticides.
- They found that the resistant mosquitoes laid fewer eggs but were better at surviving and feeding on blood than the susceptible ones, which means the kdr trait can change how these mosquitoes live and reproduce.
The insecticide resistance in Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes has remained the major threat for vector control programs but the fitness effects conferred by these mechanisms are poorly understood. To fill this knowledge gap, the present study aimed at testing the hypothesis that antibiotic oxytetracycline could have an interaction with insecticide resistance genotypes and consequently inhibit the fecundity in An. gambiae.
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