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Reported Resistance Case(s)

Species: aedes aegypti

Order Family Common Name(s) Group Host
diptera culicidae yellow fever mosquito MED human

Active Ingredient: Pyrethroids - Unspecified In Literature

MOA: Sodium channel modulators, Pyrethroids, Pyrethrins, DDT
Group: PYR CAS #: 0 Shaugnessy Code: 0

Resistance Case(s)

Case Id Year of Report Type of Resistance Location Reference
G4403 1986 Field Evolved Resistance
Malaysia WHO 1986. (1986).
G3593 1980 Field Evolved Resistance
USA WHO 1980. (1980).
G3356 1977 Field Evolved Resistance
Guyana Prasittisuk, C. and Busvine, J. R. (1977). DDT-resistant mosquito strains with cross-resistance to pyrethroids.. Pestic. Sci., 8 527-33.
G3357 1977 Field Evolved Resistance
Thailand Chadwick, P. R., Invest, J. F., and Brown, B. J. (1977). An example of cross-resistance to pyrethroids in DDT-resistant Aedes aegypti.. Pestic. Sci., 8 618-24.
*The population was created solely by selection and/or genetic manipulation.
**The population was selected further in the laboratory after collection.