Discovery of Point Mutations in the Voltage-Gated Sodium Channel from African Aedes aegypti Populations: Potential Phylogenetic Reasons for Gene Introgression.

• Main Authors: Hitoshi Kawada (Author), Yukiko Higa (Author), Kyoko Futami (Author), Yuto Muranami (Author), Emiko Kawashima (Author), Joseph H N Osei (Author), Kojo Yirenkyi Sakyi (Author), Samuel Dadzie (Author), Dziedzom K de Souza (Author), Maxwell Appawu (Author), Nobuo Ohta (Author), Takashi Suzuki (Author), Noboru Minakawa (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2016-06-01T00:00:00Z.
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BACKGROUND:Yellow fever is endemic in some countries in Africa, and Aedes aegpyti is one of the most important vectors implicated in the outbreak. The mapping of the nation-wide distribution and the detection of insecticide resistance of vector mosquitoes will provide the beneficial information for...