Mosquitoes, vectors of diseases such as dengue and Chikungunya, are increasingly resistant to insecticides. As you know, personal protection is one of the best solutions to avoid bites. To understand the mechanisms of resistance, several researchers have carried out work on the mosquito's DNA, which have also been published recently in the journal "Genome Research". "The researchers have targeted, by bioinformatics, more than 760 genes potentially involved in insecticide resistance," explains the National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), adding that this work represents a major advance in order to better fight mosquitoes. in the field.
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