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The Anopheles darlingi mosquito, the main vector of malaria in South America, evolves to adapt to insecticides
Scientists from the Institut Pasteur in French Guiana have contributed to an international study monitoring populations of Anopheles darlingi mosquitoes, the main vector of malaria in South America. The study, led by a team of scientists from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, is the first to have sequenced more than 1,000 complete mosquito genomes from six South American countries. The genetic diversity analysis carried out by the scientists highlights recent genomic changes relating to genes conferring potential resistance to insecticides. The results were published in the Journal of Science.