Status of insecticide resistance in Anopheles gambiae (s.l.) of The Gambia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Vector control activities, namely long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLIN) and indoor residual spraying (IRS), have contributed significantly to the decreasing malaria burden observed in The Gambia since 2008. Nevertheless, insecticide resistance may threaten such success; it is important to regularly assess the susceptibility of local malaria vectors to available insecticides.

Methods

In the transmission seasons of 2016 and 2017, Anopheles gambiae (s.l.) larvae were sampled in or around the nine vector surveillance sentinel sites of the Gambia National Malaria Control Programme (GNMCP) and in a few additional sampling points. Using WHO susceptibility bioassays, female adult mosquitoes were exposed to insecticide-impregnated papers. Molecular identification of siblin

SUBMITTER: Opondo KO 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6549352 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature