Laboratory evaluation of drugs/systemic insecticides as endectocides through membrane feeding method: a unique approach for the control of mosquito vectors

Abstract

Insecticide resistance, changing vector feeding behavior, and zoonotic transmission are key challenges for current vector control strategies. Use of endectocide drugs/systemic insecticides is a novel vector control strategy by the World Health Organization (WHO). We evaluated the efficacy of different concentrations of endectocide drugs/systemic insecticides against Anopheles stephensi and Culex quinquefasciatus by membrane blood feeding method. Experiment was conducted using 5–7 days old female mosquito in a VCRC-ANM feeder. Mortality, survival duration, and fecundity of tested mosquitoes post blood feeding was listed up to 7 days. Kaplan–Meier curves were plotted to visually analyze mosquito survival duration.