Malaria Control & Elimination

Department of Zoology, Nasarawa State University, Keffi, Nigeria

Publications

• Research Article   
  Malaria Vector Resistance to Some Selected Insecticides in Karu and Kokona Local Government Areas of Nasarawa State, Nigeria.
  Author(s): Tariere Giwa Osagie*, Tongjura Joseph, Ombugadu Ruth Jamila and Yako Andrew Bmibmitawuza
  
  The fight against malaria is increasingly threatened by failures in vector control due to increasing insecticide resistance. Monitoring and understanding the trend and dynamics of insecticide resistance by the Anopheles mosquito are very essential to devising efficient control strategies. The greatest burden of the disease is felt in Africa, particularly, Nigeria. More information on insecticide resistance is needed in many parts of the country; hence, this study will also contribute to the supply of information in the North-central zone. The study was carried out in 2021, to characterize the mosquito population and its insecticide resistance profile, in their agricultural breeding sites of Karu and Kokona local government areas of Nasarawa state, North-central Nigeria. Mosquito larvae from the breeding sites were sampled and reared to adulthood. The emergent adults were morphological.. Read More»
  

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