PLOS ONE RESEARCH ARTICLE Susceptibility of mosquito vectors of the city of Praia, Cabo Verde, to Temephos and Bacillus thuringiensis var israelensis 1 2 3 1 SõÂlvia Pires , Joana Alves , Ibrahima Dia , Lara F. Go mezID * 1 Unidade de Ciências da Natureza, da Vida e do Ambiente, Universidade Jean Piaget de Cabo Verde, Praia, Cabo Verde, 2 Instituto Nacional de SauÂde PuÂblica, MinisteÂrio da SauÂde, Praia, Cabo Verde, 3 Unite d'entomologie meÂdicale, Institut Pasteur de Dakar, Dakar, Senegal *
[email protected] Abstract a1111111111 a1111111111 Many vector-borne diseases circulate in the Republic of Cabo Verde. These include malaria a1111111111 a1111111111 during the colonization of the archipelago by the Portuguese explorers and several arbovi- a1111111111 ruses such as yellow fever (now eradicated), dengue and zika. To control these vector-borne diseases, an integrated vector control program was imple- mented. The main targeted mosquito vectors are Aedes aegypti and Anopheles arabiensis, and in a lesser extent the potential arbovirus vector Culex pipiens s.l. The main control strat- egy is focused on mosquito aquatic stages using diesel oil and Temephos. This latter has OPEN ACCESS been applied in Cabo Verde since 1979. Its continuous use was followed by the emergence Citation: Pires S, Alves J, Dia I, GoÂmez LF (2020) Susceptibility of mosquito vectors of the city of of resistance in mosquito populations. Praia, Cabo Verde, to Temephos and Bacillus We investigated the current susceptibility to Temephos of the three potential mosquito thuringiensis var israelensis. PLoS ONE 15(6): vectors of Cabo Verde through bioassays tests. Our results showed various degrees of sus- e0234242.