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Reducing Mosquitoes in Freetown, Sierra Leone Using the Provector Pesticide System

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  • Magdalene Nze-Daniel
  • Thomas Kenneth Ausumana
  • Philip Brewahl

    (Roll Back Malaria, Freetown, Sierra Leone)

  • Charles Senessie

    (Afro-European Medical and Research Network, Bern, Switzerland)

  • Thomas Martin Kollars

    (Health Sciences, Liberty University, Lynchburg, USA)

Abstract

Drug resistant malaria parasites and pesticide resistant mosquito populations are growing in prevalence. Several arboviruses transmitted by mosquitoes continue to expand their range globally. Communities in Sierra Leone are at high risk to several mosquito-borne diseases. The ProVector® Pesticide System was developed in order to reduce mosquito populations, including pesticide resistant mosquitoes. A three month study was conducted in Freetown, Sierra Leone to determine the efficacy of the ProVector Flower with Entobac™ biopesticide in controlling mosquitoes in homes using a long lasting bait pad incoroporating Bti as the active ingredient. There was a significant reduction of reported mosquitoes within two weeks and after three months the estimated number of mosquitoes was reduced by approximately 91%. The current study demonstrated the ProVector Flower with Entobac rapidly reduced mosquito populations for up to three months using a toxic sugar bait system with Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis. The ProVector System is the only system that effectively uses Bti to reduce adult and larvae mosquitoes.

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  • Magdalene Nze-Daniel & Thomas Kenneth Ausumana & Philip Brewahl & Charles Senessie & Thomas Martin Kollars, 2018. "Reducing Mosquitoes in Freetown, Sierra Leone Using the Provector Pesticide System," Current Trends in Biomedical Engineering & Biosciences, Juniper Publishers Inc., vol. 12(1), pages 11-14, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:adp:jctbeb:v:12:y:2018:i:1:p:11-14
    DOI: 10.19080/CTBEB.2018.12.555828
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