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THE appearance of Anopheles gambiae resistant to dieldrin only eighteen months after this insecticide was first used in a malaria control pilot project in Northern Nigeria has recently been reported1. It was calculated to be some eight times as resistant as a susceptible strain of the same species maintained at the Ross Institute of Tropical Hygiene, London2.
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DAVIDSON, G. Insecticide Resistance in Anopheles gambiae Giles. Nature 178, 705–706 (1956). https://doi.org/10.1038/178705a0
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