Background Knowing the extent and spread of insecticide resistance in malaria vectors is
vital to successfully manage insecticide resistance in Africa. This information in the main …

Background: Timely entomological and insecticide resistance monitoring is a key to
generating relevant data for vector management. We investigated the insecticide …

Nigeria is one of the malaria-endemic countries. In Lagos State, Nigeria, various malaria
vector control programs including the use of chemical insecticides are currently being …

WHO current estimates show that malaria mortality rates were reduced by about 42%
globally and by 49% in the WHO African Region between 2000 and 2012 and during the …

Vector control programs in Nigeria are mostly targeted towards reducing the burden of
malaria with less emphasis placed on other debilitating vector borne diseases such as …

This study was conducted in order to evaluate the insecticide susceptibility status of Aedes
aegypti in Umudike, Abia State, Nigeria. Larval and pupal stages of the mosquitoes were …

Background: Members of the Anopheles gambiae sl remain the most efficient vectors of
malaria parasite in Africa. However, for timely and effective vector control activities, the …

The nature and type of local indoor resting wall surfaces to certain level influences the
residual bio-efficacy of insecticides used in indoor residual spraying programs. Knockdown …

The emergence of insecticides resistance by malaria vectors poses a threat to the
deployment of bed nets for malaria control in Nigeria and Gombe State specifically. This …

Malaria is a disease of global public health concern. The disease has its highest global
burden and mortality in Africa while Nigeria has up to 25% of global malaria burden …