Project description:Nine Anopheles gambiae populations were sampled in three areas of Tanzania showing contrasting agriculture activity, urbanization and usage of insecticides for vector control. Insecticide resistance levels were measured in larvae and adults through bioassays with deltamethrin, DDT and bendiocarb. A microarray approach was used for identifying transcription level variations associated to different environments and insecticide resistance. the Ifakara strain originating from central Tanzania and susceptible to all insecticides was used as a reference strain.
Project description:Second run of the urbanization project -- the core human fecal metabolome. Contains raw and converted data files. Samples were from Matses, Tunapuco, Guayabo, Tambo de Mora, Norman, and Boulkiemdé populations.
Project description:Transcriptome profiling of three DDT resistant strains of Anopheles gambiae in Cameroon (Gare, Messa and Nkolondom- 2 M forms and one S form) compared to the susceptible strain Ngousso (M form) and Kisumu (S form). S-form is distributed across sub-Saharan Africa and breeds mostly in association with rain-dependent pools and temporary puddles. M-form distribution overlaps with that of S-form in West and Central Africa, but the former form is apparently absent east of the Great Rift Valley; it is able to exploit relatively more permanent breeding sites, often closely associated with human activities, such those created by irrigation, rice cultivation and urbanization (Santolamazza et al., 2011).
