Multiple insecticide resistance: an impediment to insecticide-based malaria vector control program.
BACKGROUND
Indoor Residual Spraying (IRS), insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) and long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) are key components in malaria prevention and control strategy. However, the development of resistance by mosquitoes to insecticides recommended for IRS and/or ITNs/LLINs would affect insecticide-based malaria vector control. We assessed the susceptibility levels of Anopheles arabiensis to insecticides used in malaria control, characterized basic mechanisms underlying resistance, and evaluated the role of public health use of insecticides in resistance selection.


RESULTS
Susceptibility status of An. arabiensis was assessed using WHO bioassay tests to DDT, permethrin, deltamethrin, malathion and propoxur in Ethiopia from August to September 2009. Mosquito specimens were screened for knockdown resistance (kdr) and insensitive acetylcholinesterase (ace-1(R)) mutations using AS-PCR and PCR-RFLP, respectively. DDT residues level in soil from human dwellings and the surrounding environment were determined by Gas Chromatography with Electron Capture Detector. An. arabiensis was resistant to DDT, permethrin, deltamethrin and malathion, but susceptible to propoxur. The West African kdr allele was found in 280 specimens out of 284 with a frequency ranged from 95% to 100%. Ace-1(R) mutation was not detected in all specimens scored for the allele. Moreover, DDT residues were found in soil samples from human dwellings but not in the surrounding environment.


CONCLUSIONS
The observed multiple-resistance coupled with the occurrence of high kdr frequency in populations of An. arabiensis could profoundly affect the malaria vector control programme in Ethiopia. This needs an urgent call for implementing rational resistance management strategies and integrated vector control intervention.
Department of Biology, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia. delenasaw.yewhalaw@ju.edu.et
Delenasaw
D
Yewhalaw
Fantahun
F
Wassie
Walter
W
Steurbaut
Pieter
P
Spanoghe
Wim
W
Van Bortel
Leen
L
Denis
Dejene A
DA
Tessema
Yehenew
Y
Getachew
Marc
M
Coosemans
Luc
L
Duchateau
Niko
N
Speybroeck
D000110:Acetylcholinesterase / Q000235:genetics; D000818:Animals; D000852:Anopheles / Q000187:drug effects*; D004781:Environmental Exposure; D004782:Environmental Health / Q000379:methods; D005002:Ethiopia; D006801:Humans; D007303:Insect Vectors; D007305:Insecticide Resistance / Q000235:genetics; D007306:Insecticides / Q000494:pharmacology; D008288:Malaria / Q000517:prevention & control*; D009032:Mosquito Control / Q000379:methods*; D011634:Public Health
D007306:Insecticides; D000110:Acetylcholinesterase
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