Title |
High level of resistance in the mosquito Anopheles gambiae to pyrethroid insecticides and reduced susceptibility to bendiocarb in north-western Tanzania
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Published in |
Malaria Journal, May 2013
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DOI | 10.1186/1475-2875-12-149 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
Natacha Protopopoff, Johnson Matowo, Robert Malima, Reginald Kavishe, Robert Kaaya, Alexandra Wright, Philippa A West, Immo Kleinschmidt, William Kisinza, Franklin W Mosha, Mark Rowland |
Abstract |
To control malaria in Tanzania, two primary vector control interventions are being scaled up: long-lasting insecticide-treated nets (LLINs) and indoor residual spraying (IRS). The main threat to effective malaria control is the selection of insecticide resistance. While resistance to pyrethroids, the primary insecticide used for LLINs and IRS, has been reported among mosquito vectors in only a few sites in Tanzania, neighbouring East African countries are recording increasing levels of resistance. To monitor the rapidly evolving situation, the resistance status of the malaria vector Anopheles gambiae s.l to different insecticides and the prevalence of the kdr resistance allele involved in pyrethroid resistance were investigated in north-western Tanzania, an area that has been subject to several rounds of pyrethroid IRS since 2006. |
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Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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United Kingdom | 3 | 1% |
Tanzania, United Republic of | 3 | 1% |
Madagascar | 2 | <1% |
Kenya | 1 | <1% |
Unknown | 207 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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Student > Master | 39 | 18% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 35 | 16% |
Researcher | 33 | 15% |
Student > Bachelor | 18 | 8% |
Student > Doctoral Student | 13 | 6% |
Other | 37 | 17% |
Unknown | 41 | 19% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 70 | 32% |
Medicine and Dentistry | 25 | 12% |
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 23 | 11% |
Environmental Science | 13 | 6% |
Social Sciences | 9 | 4% |
Other | 27 | 13% |
Unknown | 49 | 23% |