Evolution of insecticide resistance diagnostics in malaria vectors

Weetman, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5820-1388 and Donnelly, Martin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5218-1497 (2015) 'Evolution of insecticide resistance diagnostics in malaria vectors'. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Vol 109, Issue 5, pp. 291-293.

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Abstract

Malaria control is reliant upon effective, programmatic-scale, anti-vector interventions. The widespread distribution of pyrethroid-treated bednets in sub-Saharan Africa has been a driver of morbidity and mortality reductions over the last decade. Unfortunately resistance to insecticides, and to pyrethroids in particular, is increasingly common in Anopheles malaria vectors, and is a major threat to continued control and future elimination. Here we argue that current methods to diagnose resistance often have limited utility and should be augmented or even partially-replaced by wider application of DNA markers.

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	QX Parasitology > QX 20 Research (General) QX Parasitology > Insects. Other Parasites > QX 515 Anopheles QX Parasitology > Insects. Other Parasites > QX 600 Insect control. Tick control WA Public Health > Preventive Medicine > WA 110 Prevention and control of communicable diseases. Transmission of infectious diseases
Faculty: Department:	Biological Sciences > Vector Biology Department
Digital Object Identifer (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trv017
Depositing User:	Carmel Bates
Date Deposited:	09 Mar 2015 15:18
Last Modified:	16 Sep 2019 09:17
URI:	https://archive.lstmed.ac.uk/id/eprint/4992

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