| status of insecticide susceptibility in anopheles gambiae s.l. from malaria surveillance sites in the gambia. | vector control is an effective way of reducing malaria transmission. the main vector control methods include the use of insecticide-treated bed nets and indoor residual spraying (irs). both interventions rely on the continuing susceptibility of anopheles to a limited number of insecticides. however, insecticide resistance, in particular pyrethroid-ddt cross-resistance, is a challenge facing malaria vector control in africa because pyrethroids represent the only class of insecticides approved for ... | 2009 | 19656399 |