Biological fitness costs associated with the various permethrin resistance development statuses in Anopheles gambiae in Nigeria
Man, in a desperate bid to manage malaria-vectors, i.e., Anopheles gambiae s.l. (Diptera: Culicidae) has relentlessly relied on pyrethroid insecticides especially permethrin. Unfortunately, these mosquitoes have improved their survival with respect to this tactic which must have been associated with...
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| Published in: | Sri Lankan journal of biology Vol. 7; no. 1; pp. 1 - 11 |
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| Main Authors: | , , , , |
| Format: | Journal Article |
| Language: | English |
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25-01-2022
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| Summary: | Man, in a desperate bid to manage malaria-vectors, i.e., Anopheles gambiae s.l. (Diptera: Culicidae) has relentlessly relied on pyrethroid insecticides especially permethrin. Unfortunately, these mosquitoes have improved their survival with respect to this tactic which must have been associated with some fitness-costs. This study, therefore, evaluates the biological fitness-costs associated with permethrin-resistance development in An. gambiae s.l. in Kwara State, Nigeria. Susceptibility statuses of adult female An. gambiae s.l. populations collected from Oke-odo, Pipeline and Airport were established using World Health Organization Protocol. They were subsequently raised over three-generations and the fecundity, hatchability, development time for larvae, pupae and adult, adult emergence, the adult sex ratio was observed, noted, monitored and analysed using ANOVA (P |
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| ISSN: | 2513-2245 2550-3340 |
| DOI: | 10.4038/sljb.v7i1.73 |