Insecticide resistance in malaria and arbovirus vectors in Papua New Guinea, 2017–2022

M Katusele; S Lagur; N Endersby-Harshman; S Demok; J Goi; N Vincent; M Sakur; A Dau; L Kilepak; S Gideon; C Pombreaw; L Makita; A Hoffmann; LJ Robinson; M Laman; S Karl

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Insecticide resistance in malaria and arbovirus vectors in Papua New Guinea, 2017–2022

M Katusele, S Lagur, N Endersby-Harshman, S Demok, J Goi, N Vincent, M Sakur, A Dau, L Kilepak, S Gideon, C Pombreaw, L Makita, A Hoffmann, LJ Robinson, M Laman, S Karl

Parasites and Vectors | Published : 2022

DOI: 10.1186/s13071-022-05493-3

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Abstract

Background: Insecticide resistance (IR) monitoring is essential for evidence-based control of mosquito-borne diseases. While widespread pyrethroid resistance in Anopheles and Aedes species has been described in many countries, data for Papua New Guinea (PNG) are limited. Available data indicate that the local Anopheles populations in PNG remain pyrethroid-susceptible, making regular IR monitoring even more important. In addition, Aedes aegypti pyrethroid resistance has been described in PNG. Here, Anopheles and Aedes IR monitoring data generated from across PNG between 2017 and 2022 are presented. Methods: Mosquito larvae were collected in larval habitat surveys and through ovitraps. Mosquit..

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Funding Acknowledgements

This study was funded, in part, by the Global Fund to Fight Aids Tuberculosis and Malaria, STRIVE PNG-Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Australian Government [Grant No. 74430], Indo-Pacific Centre for Health Security and the Lihir Malaria Elimination Project. SK is supported by an NHMRC Career Development Fellowship (GNT1141441). MK was supported by a Wellcome Trust International Masters Fellowship. AH and NE were supported by National Health and Medical Research Council (program grants 1037003, 1132412). LJR is supported by NHMRC Career Development Fellowship (GNT1161627).