WHO - Manual for monitoring insecticide resistance in mosquito vectors and selecting appropriate interventions [2022]
Description:
Knowledge of vector resistance to insecticides is crucial for the selection of effective vector control interventions. This document provides guidance on how to assess insecticide resistance in mosquito vectors. Information includes (i) planning and priority setting for resistance monitoring; (ii) selecting vector control methods; (iii) sample testing; (iv) bioassays; and (v) resistance mechanisms and detection methods.
Why this Tool/Guidance?
The document provides guidance on how to assess insecticide resistance in mosquito vectors and is aimed at field entomologists and biologists within ministries of health or partner institutions. It is also directed at programme managers and others in charge of designing and implementing vector control strategies who need to draw on resistance data to inform their decisions. Lastly, it can help researchers and the pesticide industry to assess, in a standardized way, vector resistance to compounds used in existing and new vector control products.
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