How the malaria vector Anopheles gambiae adapts to the use of insecticide-treated nets by African populations.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Insecticide treated bed nets have been recommended and proven efficient as a measure to protect African populations from malaria mosquito vector Anopheles spp. This study evaluates the consequences of bed nets use on vectors resistance to insecticides, their feeding behavior and malaria transmission in Dielmo village, Senegal, were LLINs were offered to all villagers in July 2008.

Methods

Adult mosquitoes were collected monthly from January 2006 to December 2011 by human landing catches (HLC) and by pyrethroid spray catches (PCS). A randomly selected sub-sample of 15-20% of An. gambiae s.l. collected each month was used to investigate the molecular forms of the An. gambiae complex, kdr mutations, and Plasmodium falciparum circumsporozoite (CSP) rate. Malaria preva

SUBMITTER: Ndiath MO 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4043680 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature