Mixture for controlling insecticide-resistant malaria vectors

Emerg Infect Dis. 2008 Nov;14(11):1707-14. doi: 10.3201/eid1411.071575.

Abstract

The spread of resistance to pyrethroids in the major Afrotropical malaria vectors Anopheles gambiae s.s. necessitates the development of new strategies to control resistant mosquito populations. To test the efficacy of nets treated with repellent and insecticide against susceptible and insecticide-resistant An. gambiae mosquito populations, we impregnated mosquito bed nets with an insect repellent mixed with a low dose of organophosphorous insecticide and tested them in a rice-growing area near Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso. During the first 2 weeks posttreatment, the mixture was as effective as deltamethrin alone and was more effective at killing An. gambiae that carried knockdown resistance (kdr) or insensitive acetylcholinesterase resistance (Ace1R) genes. The mixture seemed to not kill more susceptible genotypes for the kdr or Ace1R alleles. Mixing repellents and organophosphates on bed nets could be used to control insecticide-resistant malaria vectors if residual activity of the mixture is extended and safety is verified.

Publication types

  • Evaluation Study
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Acetylcholinesterase / drug effects
  • Acetylcholinesterase / genetics
  • Alleles
  • Animals
  • Anopheles / drug effects*
  • Anopheles / genetics
  • Burkina Faso
  • Cholinesterase Inhibitors / pharmacology
  • DEET / pharmacology
  • Female
  • Genes, Insect / genetics
  • Humans
  • Insect Repellents / pharmacology*
  • Insect Vectors / drug effects*
  • Insect Vectors / genetics
  • Insecticide Resistance / genetics
  • Insecticides / pharmacology*
  • Malaria / prevention & control*
  • Male
  • Mosquito Control / methods*
  • Nitriles / pharmacology
  • Organothiophosphorus Compounds / pharmacology
  • Piperidines / pharmacology
  • Pyrethrins / pharmacology

Substances

  • Cholinesterase Inhibitors
  • Insect Repellents
  • Insecticides
  • Nitriles
  • Organothiophosphorus Compounds
  • Piperidines
  • Pyrethrins
  • DEET
  • pirimiphos methyl
  • decamethrin
  • Acetylcholinesterase
  • picaridin