Improving the efficiency of aerosolized insecticide testing against mosquitoes.

ABSTRACT: Developing robust and standardised approaches for testing mosquito populations against insecticides is vital for understanding the effectiveness of new active ingredients or formulations. Methods for testing mosquito susceptibility against contact insecticides or products, such as those delivered through public health programmes, are well-established and standardised. Nevertheless, approaches for testing volatile or aerosolized insecticides used in household products can be challenging to implement efficiently. We adapted WHO guidelines for household insecticides to develop a standardised and higher-throughput methodology for testing aerosolized products in a Peet Grady test chamber (PG-chamber) using caged mosquitoes and an efficient decontamination method. The new approach was validated

SUBMITTER: Silva Martins WF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10113189 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature