The insecticide resistance status of malaria vectors in the Mekong region

• Main Authors: Wim Van Bortel, Ho Dinh Trung, Le Khanh Thuan, Tho Sochantha, Duong Socheat, Chalao Sumrandee, Visut Baimai, Kalouna Keokenchanh, Phompida Samlane, Patricia Roelants, Leen Denis, Katrijn Verhaeghen, Valerie Obsomer, Marc Coosemans
• Other Authors: Prins Leopold Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde
• Format: Article
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Immunology and Microbiology; Medicine
• Online Access: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/19309
• Institution: Mahidol University

Background. Knowledge on insecticide resistance in target species is a basic requirement to guide insecticide use in malaria control programmes. Malaria transmission in the Mekong region is mainly concentrated in forested areas along the country borders, so that decisions on insecticide use should i...