Identification of novel Glutathione S-Transferases epsilon 2 mutation in Anopheles maculipennis s.s. (Diptera: Culicidae).

ABSTRACT: Anopheles maculipennis complex comprises some important malaria vectors in Iran, Middle East, and Europ. The principal way to control of malaria remains on the use of chemical insecticides against its vectors because there is no vaccine for malaria prevention. Extensive use of organophosphate compounds has caused to emergence and distribution of insecticide resistance in Anopheles species in Asia. The current study aimed to the detection of three well-known amino acid substitutions (I114T, L119F, and F120L) in the Glutathione S-Transferases epsilon 2 (GSTe2) gene are associated with DDT and organophosphate insecticides resistance in an Anopheles maculipennis population collected from Iran. Adult samples of An. maculipennis were collected by hand and Total catch

SUBMITTER: Asadi Saatlou Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6702443 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature