Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
Mosquito Control Strategies and Insecticide Resistance of the Malaria Vector in Urbanized Land Use Types in Suame Municipality, Ghana. |
| Authors: |
Oppong, Jennifer1 (AUTHOR), Avicor, Silas Wintuma2 (AUTHOR) wintuma@live.com, Baidoo, Philip Kweku1 (AUTHOR), Addo-Fordjour, Patrick1 (AUTHOR), Larbi, John Asiedu1 (AUTHOR), Akowuah, Carlos Frimpong1 (AUTHOR), Boateng, Akosua1 (AUTHOR), Essien, Isaac Prince1 (AUTHOR), Mensah, Gloria1 (AUTHOR), Kamaraju, Raghavendra (AUTHOR) |
| Source: |
Journal of Tropical Medicine (16879686). 8/1/2024, Vol. 2024, p1-9. 9p. |
| Subject Terms: |
*MOSQUITO control, *INSECTICIDE resistance, *HUMAN settlements, *VECTOR control, *DELTAMETHRIN |
| Abstract: |
Modified landscapes could create breeding habitats for mosquitoes and affect their community structure and susceptibility with implications for their management. Hence, in this study, household mosquito control methods in two urbanized landscapes; industrial and residential human settlements, in Ghana and insecticide susceptibility of the inhabiting Anopheles populations were assessed. Household knowledge and usage pattern of mosquito control methods in the modified landscapes were obtained using a questionnaire. Female adult Anopheles mosquitoes were also subjected to susceptibility tests using mosquito coils (0.08% meperfluthrin, 0.03% dimefluthrin, and 0.3% transfluthrin) and World Health Organization (WHO) insecticide test papers (0.05% deltamethrin, 4% DDT, 0.1% bendiocarb, 0.25% pirimiphos‐methyl, and 5% malathion). Although insecticide‐treated nets and aerosols were used for mosquito control, mosquito coils were the most common and widely preferred household method. The Anopheles mosquitoes were resistant to all the insecticides (mosquito coils and WHO test papers) except pirimiphos‐methyl. Land use type did not affect insecticide resistance, but the insecticide type did. The findings indicate the effect of household insecticide usage practices on local mosquito populations and their implications for effective vector management and disease control in modified landscapes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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