Targeting male mosquito swarms to control malaria vector density.
Malaria control programs are being jeopardized by the spread of insecticide resistance in mosquito vector populations. It has been estimated that the spread of resistance could lead to an additional 120000 deaths per year, and interfere with the prospects for sustained control or the feasibility of...
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| author | Simon Peguedwinde Sawadogo Abdoulaye Niang Etienne Bilgo Azize Millogo Hamidou Maïga Roch K Dabire Frederic Tripet Abdoulaye Diabaté |
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| description | Malaria control programs are being jeopardized by the spread of insecticide resistance in mosquito vector populations. It has been estimated that the spread of resistance could lead to an additional 120000 deaths per year, and interfere with the prospects for sustained control or the feasibility of achieving malaria elimination. Another complication for the development of resistance management strategies is that, in addition to insecticide resistance, mosquito behavior evolves in a manner that diminishes the impact of LLINs and IRS. Mosquitoes may circumvent LLIN and IRS control through preferential feeding and resting outside human houses and/or being active earlier in the evening before people go to sleep. Recent developments in our understanding of mosquito swarming suggest that new tools targeting mosquito swarms can be designed to cut down the high reproductive rate of malaria vectors. Targeting swarms of major malaria vectors may provide an effective control method to counteract behavioral resistance developed by mosquitoes. Here, we evaluated the impact of systematic spraying of swarms of Anopheles gambiae s.l. using a mixed carbamate and pyrethroid aerosol. The impact of this intervention on vector density, female insemination rates and the age structure of males was measured. We showed that the resulting mass killing of swarming males and some mate-seeking females resulted in a dramatic 80% decrease in population size compared to a control population. A significant decrease in female insemination rate and a significant shift in the age structure of the male population towards younger males incapable of mating were observed. This paradigm-shift study therefore demonstrates that targeting primarily males rather than females, can have a drastic impact on mosquito population. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-38562e640576439aba1bd806ca05db052025-08-20T03:24:29ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032017-01-01123e017327310.1371/journal.pone.0173273Targeting male mosquito swarms to control malaria vector density.Simon Peguedwinde SawadogoAbdoulaye NiangEtienne BilgoAzize MillogoHamidou MaïgaRoch K DabireFrederic TripetAbdoulaye DiabatéMalaria control programs are being jeopardized by the spread of insecticide resistance in mosquito vector populations. It has been estimated that the spread of resistance could lead to an additional 120000 deaths per year, and interfere with the prospects for sustained control or the feasibility of achieving malaria elimination. Another complication for the development of resistance management strategies is that, in addition to insecticide resistance, mosquito behavior evolves in a manner that diminishes the impact of LLINs and IRS. Mosquitoes may circumvent LLIN and IRS control through preferential feeding and resting outside human houses and/or being active earlier in the evening before people go to sleep. Recent developments in our understanding of mosquito swarming suggest that new tools targeting mosquito swarms can be designed to cut down the high reproductive rate of malaria vectors. Targeting swarms of major malaria vectors may provide an effective control method to counteract behavioral resistance developed by mosquitoes. Here, we evaluated the impact of systematic spraying of swarms of Anopheles gambiae s.l. using a mixed carbamate and pyrethroid aerosol. The impact of this intervention on vector density, female insemination rates and the age structure of males was measured. We showed that the resulting mass killing of swarming males and some mate-seeking females resulted in a dramatic 80% decrease in population size compared to a control population. A significant decrease in female insemination rate and a significant shift in the age structure of the male population towards younger males incapable of mating were observed. This paradigm-shift study therefore demonstrates that targeting primarily males rather than females, can have a drastic impact on mosquito population.https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0173273&type=printable |
| spellingShingle | Simon Peguedwinde Sawadogo Abdoulaye Niang Etienne Bilgo Azize Millogo Hamidou Maïga Roch K Dabire Frederic Tripet Abdoulaye Diabaté Targeting male mosquito swarms to control malaria vector density. PLoS ONE |
| title | Targeting male mosquito swarms to control malaria vector density. |
| title_full | Targeting male mosquito swarms to control malaria vector density. |
| title_fullStr | Targeting male mosquito swarms to control malaria vector density. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Targeting male mosquito swarms to control malaria vector density. |
| title_short | Targeting male mosquito swarms to control malaria vector density. |
| title_sort | targeting male mosquito swarms to control malaria vector density |
| url | https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0173273&type=printable |
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