Long-lasting insecticidal nets no longer effectively kill the highly resistant Anopheles funestus of southern Mozambique
Malar. j. (Online); 14 (298), 2015
Background: Chemical insecticides are crucial to malaria control and elimination programmes. The frontline vector control interventions depend mainly on pyrethroids; all long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) and more than 80% of indoor residual spraying (IRS) campaigns use chemicals from this class. Thi...
Anopheles/efeitos dos fármacos, Insetos Vetores/efeitos dos fármacos, Resistência a Inseticidas, Mosquiteiros Tratados com Inseticida, Inseticidas/farmacologia, Inseticidas/uso terapêutico, Malária/transmissão, Controle de Mosquitos, Piretrinas/farmacologia, Piretrinas/uso terapêutico, Moçambique/epidemiologia