Mosquito Control Strategies and Insecticide Resistance of the Malaria Vector in Urbanized Land Use Types in Suame Municipality, Ghana

Modified landscapes could create breeding habitats for mosquitoes and affect their community structure and susceptibility with implications for their management. Hence, in this study, household mosquito control methods in two urbanized landscapes; industrial and residential human settlements, in Gha...

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Published in:Journal of tropical medicine 2024-08, Vol.2024 (1), p.5843481
Main Authors: Oppong, Jennifer, Avicor, Silas Wintuma, Baidoo, Philip Kweku, Addo-Fordjour, Patrick, Larbi, John Asiedu, Akowuah, Carlos Frimpong, Boateng, Akosua, Essien, Isaac Prince, Mensah, Gloria
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Language:English
Subjects:
Anopheles
Control
Ghana
Land use
Malaria
Mosquitoes
Nigeria
Pesticide resistance
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Summary:Modified landscapes could create breeding habitats for mosquitoes and affect their community structure and susceptibility with implications for their management. Hence, in this study, household mosquito control methods in two urbanized landscapes; industrial and residential human settlements, in Ghana and insecticide susceptibility of the inhabiting populations were assessed. Household knowledge and usage pattern of mosquito control methods in the modified landscapes were obtained using a questionnaire. Female adult mosquitoes were also subjected to susceptibility tests using mosquito coils (0.08% meperfluthrin, 0.03% dimefluthrin, and 0.3% transfluthrin) and World Health Organization (WHO) insecticide test papers (0.05% deltamethrin, 4% DDT, 0.1% bendiocarb, 0.25% pirimiphos-methyl, and 5% malathion). Although insecticide-treated nets and aerosols were used for mosquito control, mosquito coils were the most common and widely preferred household method. The mosquitoes were resistant to all the insecticides (mosquito coils and WHO test papers) except pirimiphos-methyl. Land use type did not affect insecticide resistance, but the insecticide type did. The findings indicate the effect of household insecticide usage practices on local mosquito populations and their implications for effective vector management and disease control in modified landscapes.
ISSN:1687-9686
1687-9694
DOI:10.1155/2024/5843481