Determination of Organophosphate Resistance-Dependent Over-produce Esterase Allel Type with Electrophoresis in the Malaria Vector Species Anopheles sacharovi and Culex pipiens (Diptera: Culicidae)

Authors: ÜMİT LÜLEYAP, DAVUT ALPTEKİN, HALİL KASAP, MÜLKİYE KASAP

Abstract: In this study, over-produce esterase allele types dependent on organophosphate resistance in mosquitoes were determined by cellulose acetate gel electrophoresis in the human malaria vector species Anopheles sacharovi and Culex pipiens in Çukurova (Adana). We found A_2 and A_5 allele bands with some unknown and unidentified gel bands in some An. sacharovi field samples, of which some bands seemed to match with over-produce esterase. We identified A_2-B_2 allele types for all the Cx. pipiens samples collected in this study.

Keywords: Resistance, Organophosphate, Culicidae, Over-produce Esterase, Electrophoresis

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