Anopheles bionomics, insecticide resistance and malaria transmission in southwest Burkina Faso: A pre-intervention study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Twenty-seven villages were selected in southwest Burkina Faso to implement new vector control strategies in addition to long lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) through a Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT). We conducted entomological surveys in the villages during the dry cold season (January 2017), dry hot season (March 2017) and rainy season (June 2017) to describe malaria vectors bionomics, insecticide resistance and transmission prior to this trial.

Methods

We carried out hourly catches (from 17:00 to 09:00) inside and outside 4 houses in each village using the Human Landing Catch technique. Mosquitoes were identified using morphological taxonomic keys. Specimens belonging to the Anopheles gambiae complex and Anopheles funestus group were identified using molecul

SUBMITTER: Soma DD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7398507 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature