Underpinning sustainable vector control through informed insecticide resistance management.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There has been rapid scale-up of malaria vector control in the last ten years. Both of the primary control strategies, long-lasting pyrethroid treated nets and indoor residual spraying, rely on the use of a limited number of insecticides. Insecticide resistance, as measured by bioassay, has rapidly increased in prevalence and has come to the forefront as an issue that needs to be addressed to maintain the sustainability of malaria control and the drive to elimination. Zambia's programme reported high levels of resistance to the insecticides it used in 2010, and, as a result, increased its investment in resistance monitoring to support informed resistance management decisions.

Methodology/principal findings

A country-wide survey on insecticide resistance in Zambian

SUBMITTER: Thomsen EK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4059741 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature