DDT, dieldrin and pyrethroid insecticide resistance in African malaria vector mosquitoes: an historical review and implications for future malaria control in southern Africa

Authors
Coetzee, M Horne, DWK Brooke, BD Hunt, RH
Citation
M. Coetzee et al., DDT, dieldrin and pyrethroid insecticide resistance in African malaria vector mosquitoes: an historical review and implications for future malaria control in southern Africa, S AFR J SCI, 95(5), 1999, pp. 215-218
Citations number
35
Categorie Soggetti
Multidisciplinary,Multidisciplinary
Journal title
SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF SCIENCE
ISSN journal
00382353 → ACNP
Volume
95
Issue
5
Year of publication
1999
Pages
215 - 218
Database
ISI
SICI code
0038-2353(199905)95:5<215:DDAPIR>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
Historical records of dieldrin and DDT insecticide resistance in the Africa n malaria vectors Anopheles gambiae and An. arabiensis have been mapped. Po licy changes to the malaria control programmes in South Africa have resulte d in DDT being phased aut as the insecticide of choice and replaced with py rethroids. Recent records of resistance to pyrethroids in An. gambiae in Vi lest Africa raise concern about the future usefulness of pyrethroids for ma laria control in southern Africa.