Similarity between WHO susceptibility test and CDC bottle bioassay, two important tools for the determination of insecticide susceptibility in malaria vectors
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Malaria is a severe public health problem, causing an estimated 225 million disease cases and 781,000 deaths per year (WHO, 2010). Most victims are children under five years old living in sub-Saharan Africa (WHO, 2010). Malaria is transmitted by Anopheles mosquitoes, and because there is currently no vaccine available, vector control is one of the most important means of malaria prevention. This vector control is generally done with insecticides. In Benin, as across Africa, malaria control relies heavily on vector control through the use of insecticide-treated nets (ITN) and indoor residual spraying (IRS).
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