@article{fdi:010058945, title = {{F}irst report of the {L}1014{S} kdr mutation in wild populations of {A}nopheles gambiae {M} and {S} molecular forms in {B}urkina {F}aso ({W}est {A}frica)}, author = {{N}amountougou, {M}. and {D}iabat{\'e}, {A}. and {E}tang, {J}. and {B}ass, {C}. and {S}awadogo, {S}. {P}. and {G}nankini{\'e}, {O}. and {B}aldet, {T}. and {M}artin, {T}. and {C}handre, {F}abrice and {S}imard, {F}r{\'e}d{\'e}ric and {D}abir{\'e}, {R}. {K}.}, editor = {}, language = {{ENG}}, abstract = {{W}e investigated the occurrence of the {L}1014{F} and {L}1014{S} kdr mutations in malaria vector populations in {B}urkina {F}aso ({W}est {A}frica). {A} cross-sectional survey was conducted at 10 sites all located in cotton cultivation areas which are assumed to be the major insecticide resistance selection foci in {B}urkina {F}aso. {T}he hot ligation method was used to detect the two kdr mutations in field collected {A}nopheles gambiae s.l. samples. {F}or the first time in {B}urkina {F}aso the {L}1014{S} mutation was identified in both {M} and {S} forms of {A}n. gambiae s.s. populations collected from the site of {K}oupela in the central-eastern region at low frequency. {F}urthermore, the {L}1014{S} mutation was also found in one specimen of {A}n. arabiensis collected from the {D}ano site. {T}he data generated in this study provides additional evidence of the spread of the {L}1014{S} mutation into {A}n. gambiae s.l. populations in {W}est {A}frica. {I}t is now important to evaluate the role of the {L}1014{S} mutation in the pyrethroid resistance phenotype and assess its potential impact on the efficacy of pyrethroid-based control measures in {W}est {A}frica where several resistance mutations now coexist.}, keywords = {{A}nopheles gambiae s.l. ; {L}1014{F} and {L}1014{S} ; kdr ; {I}nsecticide resistance ; {M}alaria ; {B}urkina {F}aso ; {BURKINA} {FASO}}, booktitle = {}, journal = {{A}cta {T}ropica}, volume = {125}, numero = {2}, pages = {123--127}, ISSN = {0001-706{X}}, year = {2013}, DOI = {10.1016/j.actatropica.2012.10.012}, URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010058945}, }