Team finds key mechanism of DDT resistance in malarial mosquitoes

University of Illinois researchers have identified a key detoxifying protein in Anopheles mosquitoes that metabolizes DDT, a synthetic insecticide used since World War II to control the mosquitoes that spread malaria.

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<p><a href="http://www.physorg.com/news132856447.html">Team finds key mechanism of DDT resistance in malarial mosquitoes</a></p> <p>University of Illinois researchers have identified a key detoxifying protein in Anopheles mosquitoes that metabolizes DDT, a synthetic insecticide used since World War II to control the mosquitoes that spread malaria.</p>