The influence of age on insecticide susceptibility of Anopheles arabiensis during dry and rainy seasons in rice irrigation schemes of Northern Tanzania

• Published in: Malaria Journal
• Main Authors: Saada Mbepera, Gamba Nkwengulila, Rose Peter, Emmanuel A. Mausa, Aneth M. Mahande, Maureen Coetzee, Eliningaya J. Kweka
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: BMC 2017
• Subjects: Anopheles arabiensis; Age; Seasons; Insecticides; Resistance; Pyrethr; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Infectious and parasitic diseases; RC109-216; Arctic; Lambda
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-017-2022-6; https://doaj.org/article/860bacd2375a4203b048533387d79086

Abstract Background Insecticide resistance is the major emerging challenge facing the malaria vector control programmes in Tanzania. Proper monitoring and detection is of paramount importance guiding the vector control programmes. This paper presents the effect of mosquito aging on insecticide resis...