Follow @{0}FEEDBACKEMAILPRINTEASY READSHARE KISUMU, 25 June 2013 (IRIN) - A new interactive online mapping tool will help track insecticide resistance (IR) in malaria-causing mosquitoes, experts say. The tool, the IR Mapper, “consolidates reports of insecticide resistance in malaria vectors onto filterable maps to inform vector-control strategies”. Data consolidation for the programme was conducted by the Swiss company Vestergaard Frandsen and a partnership between the Kenya Medical Research Institute and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KEMRI/CDC). The map interface was developed by ESRI Eastern Africa. The system, which was launched in April, allows users...
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