author(s)
Gidiglo Godwin Nutifafa, Ahmad Ali Hanafi-Bojd, Mohammad Ali Oshaghi, Samuel Kweku Dadzie, Hassan Vatandoost, Mona Koosha, Fatemeh Mohtarami, Mohammad-Reza Abai, Ahmad Raeisi and Osei Akuoko

abstract
Malaria, a mosquito-borne disease is preventable and treatable, provided the right steps are taken to control it; it is regarded as today’s biggest killer of children in Africa. In Ghana, A. gambiae s.l. plays an important role in the transmission of this disease. This study investigates the insecticide resistance status of A. gambiae s.l. collected from two different agricultural areas: Coastal and In-land in Ghana. Samples of Anopheles larvae were collected and reared to adults, after which susceptibility tests were performed on F1 female A. gambiae s.l. using standard WHO insecticide testing procedures by exposing the mosquitoes to Bendiocarb 0.1%, DDT 4.0%, Alphacypermethrin 0.5% and Pirimiphos methyl 5.0% at diagnostic doses [1]. Knock down and mortality counts at different time intervals were further carried out on the samples.