Insecticides resistance profile of Anopheles mosquitoes from three different localities in Sudan savannah region of Kano state Nigeria

Abstract

Malaria remains a significant public health and development challenge. The African region shoulders the heaviest malaria burden. Nigeria accounts for around 27% of the global burden of malaria. The majority of malaria endemic countries in sub-Saharan Africa have seen a rapid increase in insecticide resistance, which is expected to seriously jeopardise the effectiveness of vector control efforts and cause a rebound in disease cases. Larval collection was conducted in three localities in Kano south (Wudil, Garko and Bunkure) of Kano State, Nigeria between August, September and October 2019 and January, February and March, 2020 in rainy and dry seasons respectively. Following which, adult female mosquitoes were morphologically identified and utilised in insecticides bioassay using permethrin 0.75%, deltamethrin 0.05%, bendiocarb 0.1%, dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) 4%. This study provides information on insecticides resistance profile of Anopheles mosquitoes which may be considered in mosquito vector control strategy in Sudan savannah region of Kano state Nigeria.