Download or read book Malaria mosquito resistance to agricultural insecticides: Risk area mapping in Thailand written by Overgaard, Hans and published by IWMI. This book was released on 2006 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this study was to identify risk areas in Thailand where insecticide resistance in malaria mosquitoes might develop as a consequence of crop protection activities in agriculture. The study provides guidelines on how to delineate risk areas. A review of insecticide resistance in disease vectors and the potential role of agricultural insecticides is presented.