A senior lecturer at the Department of Conservation Biology and Entomology at the University of Cape Coast, Dr Andrew Adutwum Kudom has indicated that some mosquitoes have developed mutations that have made them resist some insecticide sprays.
Speaking on the Atlantic wave he explained that mutations that has been developed by some species has made it very difficult for them to die even when they are sprayed with the insecticides.
“When you expose the mosquito to insecticides there is a target site that the insecticide should reach so that it kills the mosquito. But some of them have developed mutations so when the insecticide get there is not able to interact with the site for the mosquito to die. This is one of the major reasons that mosquito are resisting these insecticides” he reiterated.
He therefore called on regulatory bodies including the Vector Disease Control Companies to collaborate and find a way to curb this situation.
Source: ATLFMNEWSROOM
