VK7

Colony Name

VK7

Species

Anopheles coluzzii

Geographical Origin

Burkina Faso, Vallée du Kou

Colonisation

• Reared in Liverpool since 2014
• Originally colonised at the Centre National de Recherche et de Formation sur le Paludisme in Burkina Faso by John Morgan (LSTM) and Dr Kobié Hyacinthe Toé (CNRFP)

Resistance phenotype 2023

(WHO tube test)

Permethrin (PY): resistant

Deltamethrin (PY): resistant

Alpha-cypermethrin (PY): resistant

DDT (OC): resistant

Dieldrin (OC): susceptible

Propoxur (CB): susceptible

Fenitrothion (OP): susceptible

Resistance genotype

Target-site mutations: Yes

Metabolic resistance: Yes

Selection Procedure

(WHO tube test)

Exposure to 0.05% deltamethrin