A simple colorimetric assay for specific detection of glutathione-S transferase activity associated with DDT resistance in mosquitoes.

• Main Authors: Evangelia Morou (Author), Andrew J Dowd (Author), Shavanti Rajatileka (Author), Andrew Steven (Author), Janet Hemingway (Author), Hilary Ranson (Author), Mark Paine (Author), John Vontas (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND: Insecticide-based methods represent the most effective means of blocking the transmission of vector borne diseases. However, insecticide resistance poses a serious threat and there is a need for tools, such as diagnostic tests for resistance detection, that will improve the sustainabilit...