Increased Pyrethroid Resistance in Malaria Vectors and Decreased Bed Net Effectiveness, Burkina Faso

• Published in: Emerging infectious diseases Vol. 20; no. 10; pp. 1691 - 1696
• Main Authors: Toé, Kobié H., Jones, Christopher M., N’Fale, Sagnon, Ismail, Hanafy M., Dabiré, Roch K., Ranson, Hilary
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States U.S. National Center for Infectious Diseases 01.10.2014; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Subjects: Animals; Anopheles - classification; Anopheles - drug effects; Anopheles gambiae; Burkina Faso; Distribution; Forecasts and trends; Increased Pyrethroid Resistance in Malaria Vectors and Decreased Bed Net Effectiveness, Burkina Faso; Insect Vectors - drug effects; Insecticide Resistance; Insecticide-Treated Bednets; Malaria; Malaria - prevention & control; Malaria - transmission; Methods; Mosquito Control - methods; mosquitoes; parasites; Properties; Pyrethrins - pharmacology; pyrethroid resistance; Pyrethroids; Vector control; Burkina Faso

Malaria control is dependent on insecticides. Increases in prevalence of insecticide resistance in malaria vectors across Africa are well-documented. However, few attempts have been made to quantify the strength of this resistance and link it to the effectiveness of control tools. Using quantitative...