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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
Insecticide resistance in malaria vector mosquitoes at four localities in Ghana, West Africa
Parasites and Vectors, Volume 4, No. 1, Article 107, Year 2011
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Background: Malaria vector control programmes that rely on insecticide-based interventions such as indoor house spraying with residual insecticides or insecticide treated bed nets, need to base their decision-making process on sound baseline data. More and more commercial entities in Africa, such as mining companies, are realising the value to staff productivity of controlling malaria transmission in their areas of operation. This paper presents baseline entomological data obtained during surveys conducted for four mining operations in Ghana, West Africa. Results: The vast majority of the samples were identified as Anopheles gambiae S form with only a few M form specimens being identified from Tarkwa. Plasmodium falciparum infection rates ranged from 4.5 to 8.6% in An. gambiae and 1.81 to 8.06% in An. funestus. High survival rates on standard WHO bioassay tests were recorded for all insecticide classes except the organophosphates that showed reasonable mortality at all locations (i.e. > 90%). The West African kdr mutation was detected and showed high frequencies in all populations. Conclusions: The data highlight the complexity of the situation prevailing in southern Ghana and the challenges facing the malaria vector control programmes in this region. Vector control programmes in Ghana need to carefully consider the resistance profiles of the local mosquito populations in order to base their resistance management strategies on sound scientific data. © 2011 Hunt et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.
Authors & Co-Authors
Hunt, Richard H.
South Africa, Johannesburg
School of Pathology
South Africa, Johannesburg
National Institute for Communicable Diseases
Fuseini, Godwin
Unknown Affiliation
Knowles, Steve
South Africa, Johannesburg
Anglogold Ashanti Limited
Stiles-Ocran, Joseph
South Africa, Johannesburg
Anglogold Ashanti Limited
Verster, Rolf
South Africa, Johannesburg
Gold Fields
Kaiser, Maria L.
South Africa, Johannesburg
School of Pathology
South Africa, Johannesburg
National Institute for Communicable Diseases
Choi, Kwang Shik
South Africa, Johannesburg
School of Pathology
South Africa, Johannesburg
National Institute for Communicable Diseases
Koekemoer, Lizette Leonie
South Africa, Johannesburg
School of Pathology
South Africa, Johannesburg
National Institute for Communicable Diseases
Coetzee, Maureen
South Africa, Johannesburg
School of Pathology
South Africa, Johannesburg
National Institute for Communicable Diseases
Statistics
Citations: 78
Authors: 9
Affiliations: 4
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1186/1756-3305-4-107
e-ISSN:
17563305
Research Areas
Cancer
Environmental
Infectious Diseases
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study
Study Locations
Multi-countries
Ghana