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Research Intrests
Pyrethroid resistance in malaria vectors with reference to the knockdown resistance (kdr) gene
Other mechanisms of insecticide resistance in Anopheles gambiae
Plasmodium parasite rates in insecticide resistance populations of Anopheles gambiae
Education & Biography
B. Sc (Hons.) (Biological Sciences, 1985) University of Science & Technology (UST), Kumasi, Ghana
Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) (1994) University of Cape Coast, Ghana
M. Phil. (Entomology) (2001) University of Ghana, Legon
1985 - 1987 Teaching Assistant, Department of Biological Sciences, UST
1987 - 1988 Teaching & Research Assistant, Department of Clinical Microbiology,
School of Medical Sciences, UST
1988 - 1998 Senior Biologist & Resource Person, Ghana Science Resource Centres
Project
PRESENT STATUS: Gates Malaria Partnership Research Student
Publications
"Studies on insecticide usage and pyrethroid resistance in populations of Anopheles gambiae sensu stricto (Diptera: Culicidae) in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana (M. Phil. thesis)
"Kdr-type pyrethroid resistance occurs in the molecular M form of Anopheles gambiae sensu stricto in south-eastern Ghana". Royal Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene "Research in Progress" meeting, Portland Place, London, December 2002
"The extent of pyrethroid resistance in Anopheles gambiae sensu stricto from Ghana". Royal Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene "Research in Progress" meeting, Portland Place, London December 2003
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