The impact of temperature on insecticide toxicity against the malaria vectors Anopheles arabiensis and Anopheles funestus.

ABSTRACT:

Background

It is anticipated that malaria elimination efforts in Africa will be hampered by increasing resistance to the limited arsenal of insecticides approved for use in public health. However, insecticide susceptibility status of vector populations evaluated under standard insectary test conditions can give a false picture of the threat, as the thermal environment in which the insect and insecticide interact plays a significant role in insecticide toxicity.

Methods

The effect of temperature on the expression of the standard WHO insecticide resistance phenotype was examined using Anopheles arabiensis and Anopheles funestus strains: a susceptible strain and the derived resistant strain, selected in the laboratory for resistance to DDT or pyrethroids. The susceptibility of

SUBMITTER: Glunt KD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5879579 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature