Table 1.
Mosquito and Plasmodium specimens suitable for use as controls in VPMT assays that are available from the Malaria Research and Reference Reagent Resource Centre (MR4) http://www.mr4.org/.
| Applicable TaqMan assay | MR4 reference No. | Species/genotype | Further details |
|---|---|---|---|
| Species ID | MRA-495 | An. arabiensis | Genomic DNA from KGB (MRA-339) |
| Species ID | MRA-142 | An. gambiae | Genomic DNA from An. gambiae, G3 strain |
| Species ID | MRA-761 | An. quadriannulatus | from South Africa |
| Plasmodium infection | MRA-102G | Plasmodium falciparum | Genomic DNA from P. falciparum 3D7 |
| Plasmodium infection | MRA-341G | Plasmodium vivax | Genomic DNA from P. vivax ONG |
| Kdr assay | MRA-762 | An. gambiae/homozygous wild type | KISUMU strain, considered the insecticide susceptible standard |
| Kdr assay | MRA334 | An. gambiae/homozygous for L1014S | RSP strain, expresses the L1014S kdr mechanism |
| Rdl assay | MRA-762 | An. gambiae/homozygous wild type | KISUMU strain, considered the insecticide susceptible standard |
| Rdl assay | MRA-495 | An. arabiensis/homozygous wild type | Genomic DNA from KGB (MRA-339) |
| Rdl assay | MRA-116 | An. gambiae/homozygous for A296G | P+DLRC+R+ strain, dieldrin resistant due to Rdl mutation (Ala296Gly) |
| Rdl assay | MRA764 | An. arabiensis/homozygous for A296S | SENN strain, dieldrin resistant due to Rdl mutation (Ala296Ser) |