Entomology, Ornithology & Herpetology: Current Research
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Federal Ministry of Health, National Arbovirus and Vectors Research Center (NAVRC), Enugu, Nigeria

Biography

Dr. CO Onwude is an Entomologist, Epidemiologist, and Medical Statistician. They work centers on arthropod-borne viruses and their vectors. We: establish and maintain mosquito colonies (Aedes aegypti, Aedes albopictus, Anopheles gambiae s.s - kisumu strain, and Culex quinquefasciatus) research purposes; carry out assays on mosquito insecticide resistance (target site and phenotypical resistances); perform speciation of mosquito species (morphological and molecular) and carry out vector control activities.

Publications

• Research Article   
  Insecticide Susceptibility Status of Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae) in Awka South Local Government Area, Anambra State, Nigeria
  Author(s): Nwankwo EN, Ononye IP, Ogbonna CU*, Ezihe EK, Onwude CO and Nwangwu UC
  
  Insecticide resistance in Aedes spp is a major concern to yellow fever vector control programmes, in particular in Awka, Nigeria owing to the dense population of monkeys and the tradition that barns the killing of monkeys in this area. The study was aimed to determine the insecticide susceptibility status of Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus in Awka South, Anambra state, Nigeria. Locally modified American Centre for Disease Control (CDC) ovitraps were used for the collection of Ae. aegypti and Ae. albopictus eggs from Ifite, Awka. The eggs were reared to adult stage at the insectary unit of National Arbovirus and Vectors Research Centre, Enugu and the first generation progeny (F1) exposed to WHO insecticide impregnated papers. The treatments used for the two species consist of carbamates (0.1% propoxur), organophosphates (0.25% pirimiphos-.. View More»
  DOI: 10.35248/2161-0983.19.8.220

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