Current insecticide resistance status in malaria vector populations from Dogbo district in South-western Republic of Benin, West Africa
1 Laboratory of Pluridisciplinary Researches of Technical Teaching (LaRPET), Normal High School of Technical Teaching (ENSET) of Lokossa, National University of Sciences, Technologies, Engineering and Mathematics (UNSTIM) of Abomey, P. O. Box 133 Lokossa Cotonou, Benin.
2 Unity of Researches in Biotechnology of Aninal Production and Health (URBPSA), Polytechnic School of Abomey-Calavi (EPAC), University of Abomey-Calavi (UAC), Cotonou, Bénin.
3 Laboratory of Vegetal Biology and Traditional Pharmacopoeia (LaBVephaT), National High School of Applied Biosciences and Biotechnologies (ENSBBA) of Dassa-Zoumè, National University of Sciences, Technologies, Engineering and Mathematics (UNSTIM) of Abomey.
4 Laboratory of Applied Ecology (LEA), Faculty of Agronomic Sciences, University of Abomey-Calavi (UAC), Cotonou, Bénin.
Research Article
World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews, 2022, 13(02), 225–231
Article DOI: 10.30574/wjarr.2022.13.2.0135
Publication history:
Received on 05 January 2022; revised on 05 February 2022; accepted on 07 February 2022
Abstract:
This study was aimed to investigate thecurrent insecticide resistance status in malaria vector mosquitoes from Dogbo district in South-western Benin, West Africa. Larvae and pupae of Anopheles gambiae s.l. populations were collected from the breeding sites from March to July 2020 during the first rainy season in Couffo department using the dipping method. WHO susceptibility tests were conducted on unfed female mosquitoes aged 2-5 days old. WHO bioassays were performed with impregnated papers of permethrin (0.75%), deltamethrin (0.05%), cyfluthrin (0.15%), lambdacyhalothrin (0.05%) and dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) (4%). An. gambiaes.l. populations from Dogbo district were resistant to permethrin, deltamethrin, cyfluthrin, lambdacyhalothrin and DDT. There is cross-resistance to both pyrethroid and DDT insecticides. However, the physical barrier of Long Lasting Insecticidal Nets (LLINs) which are regularly distributed free by Beninese National Malaria Control Programme throughout the entire country to increase coverage of LLINs is still important despite the insecticide resistance observed.
Keywords:
Anopheles gambiae; Resistance; Pyrethroids; DDT; Republic of Benin
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