Mosquito Resistance to Insecticides in Ethiopia: A Review Article

Objectives: The aim of the study was to know the status of insecticide resistance to mosquito in Ethiopia. As well as what questions were answered and for next what questions needed to be answered. Results: Extreme resistance to DDT and pyrethroids was insidious across Ethiopia, related with historic use of DDT for indoor residual spray and concomitant increases in insecticide-treated net coverage over the last 17 years. Longitudinal resistance trends to malathion, bendiocarb, propoxur and pirimiphos-methyl corresponded to shifts in the national insecticide policy. DDT resistance was widely distributed in Ethiopia and DDT was replaced by deltamethrin. Moreover, in 2012 Ethiopia switched from deltamethrin to bendiocarb for indoor residual spray in response to the observed resistance. All the study that conducted in Ethiopia were only focused on mosquitoes that are vectors for malaria.

Keywords: Mosquito, Insecticide resistance, Ethiopia.