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Publication Details
AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
agricultural and biological sciences
Reduced susceptibility of Anopheles gambiae to permethrin associated with the use of permethrin‐impregnated bednets and curtains in Kenya
Medical and Veterinary Entomology, Volume 8, No. 1, Year 1994
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Abstract. Susceptibility of the malaria vector Anopheles gambiae to permethrin decreased following the installation of mosquito nets impregnated with 0.5 g permethrin per square metre in four villages near Kisumu, Kenya. During the first year that permethrin‐impregnated bednets and curtains were in place, the exposure time to 50% mortality (LT50) increased 2.5‐fold from 13 to 33min, while the LT5() for An.gambiae was unchanged in two other villages where no intervention measures were used. Two years after permethrin‐impregnated mosquito nets were distributed the LT50s for An.gambiae were 28, 28 and 16min, respectively, in the villages with bednets, curtains and with no such intervention. Using a colony of An.gambiae derived from females collected in the villages using permethrin‐impregnated moquito nets, we lengthened the LT5n from 28 to 41 min in two generations by exposing all females to permethrin‐treated papers for 60 min and rearing offspring of the survivors. Permethrin‐impregnated bednets and curtains are intended to reduce vectorial capacity. Reduced susceptibility to permethrin could counter this beneficial effect. Copyright © 1994, Wiley Blackwell. All rights reserved
Authors & Co-Authors
Vulule, John M.
Kenya, Nairobi
Kenya Medical Research Institute
Beach, Raymond F.
Kenya, Nairobi
Kenya Medical Research Institute
United States, Atlanta
National Center for Infectious Diseases
Atieli, Francis K.
Kenya, Nairobi
Kenya Medical Research Institute
Roberts, Jacquelin M.
United States, Atlanta
National Center for Infectious Diseases
Mount, Dwight L.
United States, Atlanta
National Center for Infectious Diseases
Mwangi, Richard W.
Kenya, Nairobi
University of Nairobi
Statistics
Citations: 207
Authors: 6
Affiliations: 3
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1111/j.1365-2915.1994.tb00389.x
ISSN:
0269283X
e-ISSN:
13652915
Research Areas
Infectious Diseases
Study Design
Randomised Control Trial
Study Locations
Kenya
Participants Gender
Female