Insecticide resistance status of indoor and outdoor resting malaria vectors in a highland and lowland site in Western Kenya.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Long Lasting Insecticidal Nets (LLINs) and indoor residual spraying (IRS) represent powerful tools for controlling malaria vectors in sub-Saharan Africa. The success of these interventions relies on their capability to inhibit indoor feeding and resting of malaria mosquitoes. This study sought to understand the interaction of insecticide resistance with indoor and outdoor resting behavioral responses of malaria vectors from Western Kenya.

Methods

The status of insecticide resistance among indoor and outdoor resting anopheline mosquitoes was compared in Anopheles mosquitoes collected from Kisumu and Bungoma counties in Western Kenya. The level and intensity of resistance were measured using WHO-tube and CDC-bottle bioassays, respectively. The synergist piperonyl bu

SUBMITTER: Owuor KO 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7920366 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature