FIRST REPORT OF KNOCKDOWN MUTATIONS IN THE MALARIA VECTOR ANOPHELES GAMBIAE FROM CAMEROON

JOSIANE ETANG Organisation de Coordination pour la Lutte contre les Endémies en Afrique Centrale, Yaounde, Cameroon; Institute of Medical Research and Studies of Medicinal Plants, Ministry of Scientific Research and Innovation, Yaounde, Cameroon; National Malaria Control Program, Ministry of Health, Yaounde, Cameroon; Centre de Recherches Entomologiques de Cotonou, Cotonou, Benin; Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Research Unit 016, Montpellier, France

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ETIENNE FONDJO Organisation de Coordination pour la Lutte contre les Endémies en Afrique Centrale, Yaounde, Cameroon; Institute of Medical Research and Studies of Medicinal Plants, Ministry of Scientific Research and Innovation, Yaounde, Cameroon; National Malaria Control Program, Ministry of Health, Yaounde, Cameroon; Centre de Recherches Entomologiques de Cotonou, Cotonou, Benin; Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Research Unit 016, Montpellier, France

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FABRICE CHANDRE Organisation de Coordination pour la Lutte contre les Endémies en Afrique Centrale, Yaounde, Cameroon; Institute of Medical Research and Studies of Medicinal Plants, Ministry of Scientific Research and Innovation, Yaounde, Cameroon; National Malaria Control Program, Ministry of Health, Yaounde, Cameroon; Centre de Recherches Entomologiques de Cotonou, Cotonou, Benin; Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Research Unit 016, Montpellier, France

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ISABELLE MORLAIS Organisation de Coordination pour la Lutte contre les Endémies en Afrique Centrale, Yaounde, Cameroon; Institute of Medical Research and Studies of Medicinal Plants, Ministry of Scientific Research and Innovation, Yaounde, Cameroon; National Malaria Control Program, Ministry of Health, Yaounde, Cameroon; Centre de Recherches Entomologiques de Cotonou, Cotonou, Benin; Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Research Unit 016, Montpellier, France

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CECILE BRENGUES Organisation de Coordination pour la Lutte contre les Endémies en Afrique Centrale, Yaounde, Cameroon; Institute of Medical Research and Studies of Medicinal Plants, Ministry of Scientific Research and Innovation, Yaounde, Cameroon; National Malaria Control Program, Ministry of Health, Yaounde, Cameroon; Centre de Recherches Entomologiques de Cotonou, Cotonou, Benin; Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Research Unit 016, Montpellier, France

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PHILIPPE NWANE Organisation de Coordination pour la Lutte contre les Endémies en Afrique Centrale, Yaounde, Cameroon; Institute of Medical Research and Studies of Medicinal Plants, Ministry of Scientific Research and Innovation, Yaounde, Cameroon; National Malaria Control Program, Ministry of Health, Yaounde, Cameroon; Centre de Recherches Entomologiques de Cotonou, Cotonou, Benin; Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Research Unit 016, Montpellier, France

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MOUHAMADOU CHOUAIBOU Organisation de Coordination pour la Lutte contre les Endémies en Afrique Centrale, Yaounde, Cameroon; Institute of Medical Research and Studies of Medicinal Plants, Ministry of Scientific Research and Innovation, Yaounde, Cameroon; National Malaria Control Program, Ministry of Health, Yaounde, Cameroon; Centre de Recherches Entomologiques de Cotonou, Cotonou, Benin; Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Research Unit 016, Montpellier, France

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HAMADOU NDJEMAI Organisation de Coordination pour la Lutte contre les Endémies en Afrique Centrale, Yaounde, Cameroon; Institute of Medical Research and Studies of Medicinal Plants, Ministry of Scientific Research and Innovation, Yaounde, Cameroon; National Malaria Control Program, Ministry of Health, Yaounde, Cameroon; Centre de Recherches Entomologiques de Cotonou, Cotonou, Benin; Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Research Unit 016, Montpellier, France

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FRÉDÉRIC SIMARD Organisation de Coordination pour la Lutte contre les Endémies en Afrique Centrale, Yaounde, Cameroon; Institute of Medical Research and Studies of Medicinal Plants, Ministry of Scientific Research and Innovation, Yaounde, Cameroon; National Malaria Control Program, Ministry of Health, Yaounde, Cameroon; Centre de Recherches Entomologiques de Cotonou, Cotonou, Benin; Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Research Unit 016, Montpellier, France

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We report the first finding of the knockdown Leu-Phe and Leu-Ser mutations associated with resistance to pyrethroids and DDT insecticides in the malaria mosquito Anopheles gambiae from Cameroon. The Leu-Phe mutation was found in both the M and S molecular forms of An. gambiae. Importantly, two specimens of the S molecular form were found to carry both mutations in a heterozygous state.

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Reprint requests: Frédéric Simard, Organisation de Coordination pour la Lutte contre les Endémies en Afrique Centrale, PO Box 288, Yaounde, Cameroon, E-mail: simard@ird.fr.
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