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IN the course of field investigations by one of us (J. H.) in the village of Gaoulou near Sassandra, Ivory Coast, a population of Anopheles gambiae Giles was found which showed similar low mortalities when exposed to 0.4 and 4.0 per cent dieldrin in ‘Risella’ oil for 1 h, and high but incomplete mortality when exposed to 4.0 per cent DDT in ‘Risella’ oil for 1 and 2 h. Detailed results of these exposures as well as results of exposures to the organophosphorus insecticides, malathion and ‘Baytex’, are given in Table 1.
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DAVIDSON, G., HAMON, J. A Case of Dominant Dieldrin Resistance in Anopheles gambiae Giles. Nature 196, 1012 (1962). https://doi.org/10.1038/1961012a0
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