Exposure to the insecticide-treated bednet PermaNet 2.0 reduces the longevity of the wild African malaria vector Anopheles funestus but GSTe2-resistant mosquitoes lives longer

Tchakounte, Ange, Tchouakui, Megellan, Mu-Chun, Chiang, Tchapga, Williams, Kopia, Edmond, Takam Soh, Patrice, Njiokou, Flobert, Riveron, Jacob ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5395-767X and Wondji, Charles ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0791-3673 (2019) 'Exposure to the insecticide-treated bednet PermaNet 2.0 reduces the longevity of the wild African malaria vector Anopheles funestus but GSTe2-resistant mosquitoes lives longer'. PLoS ONE, Vol 14, Issue 3, e0213949.

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Abstract

Background: Despite the increased report of insecticide resistance in malaria vectors, its impact on mosquito’s life-traits after exposure to insecticide-treated nets remains under investigated. Here, we assessed the effects of exposure to PermaNet 2.0 on several life traits of An. gambiae s.l. and An. funestus s.l. field mosquitoes in Cameroon.
Methodology: Female Anopheles mosquitoes were collected indoor using electric aspirators in south-ern Cameroon (Obout) in 2016. After assessing the resistance status of F1 from the field collected-mosquitoes, progeny of the first generation (An. funestus s.l.) and seventh generation (An. gambiae s.l.) were used to assess the long-term effect of exposure to PermaNet 2.0 on several life-traits of these vectors (longevity, blood feeding ability, fecundity and fertility) in comparison to untreated net. In addition, the L119F-GSTe2 mutation associated with DDT/pyrethroids resistance in An. fu-nestus was genotyped to assess its association with increased life-span post-exposure.
Principal Findings: Both An. funestus and An. gambiae were resistant to pyrethroids and DDT with a greater level in the latter. Pyrethroid-only nets PermaNet 2.0 (17.5% mortality) and Olyset (0% mortality) exhibited a significantly reduced efficacy against An. funestus in contrast to a greater effi-cacy for PBO-based Nets Olyset Plus (65% mortality), PermaNet 3.0 top (100% mortality). In both species, mosquitoes that survived exposure to PermaNet 2.0 exhibited a significantly reduced longev-ity than those non-exposed (6.95 days vs 12.46 for An. funestus P<0.001; 8.87 vs 11.25 days for An. gambiae; P<0.001). However, no significant difference was observed for blood feeding and fecun-dity in both species. In addition, molecular analysis of the L119F-GSTe2 mutation revealed that this mutation is associated with an increase in the chance of surviving after exposure to this net in An. funestus.
Conclusions: These results show that although the PermaNet 2.0 presents a reduced efficacy against resistant populations, it remains efficient after exposure by reducing the life expectancy of the vec-tors which could contribute in the reduction of malaria incidence.

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	QX Parasitology > Insects. Other Parasites > QX 510 Mosquitoes QX Parasitology > Insects. Other Parasites > QX 515 Anopheles WA Public Health > Preventive Medicine > WA 240 Disinfection. Disinfestation. Pesticides (including diseases caused by) WA Public Health > Health Problems of Special Population Groups > WA 395 Health in developing countries WC Communicable Diseases > Tropical and Parasitic Diseases > WC 750 Malaria WC Communicable Diseases > Tropical and Parasitic Diseases > WC 765 Prevention and control
Faculty: Department:	Biological Sciences > Vector Biology Department
Digital Object Identifer (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0213949
Depositing User:	Stacy Murtagh
Date Deposited:	15 Mar 2019 09:26
Last Modified:	13 Sep 2019 15:48
URI:	https://archive.lstmed.ac.uk/id/eprint/10366

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