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APRD Survey

Dear Users:

We value your contribution to and use of the Arthropod Pesticide Resistance Database (APRD).

The APRD Team is conducting a Survey to gauge users experiences, our objective is to determine how the database enhances research, and to allow for users to provide feedback, suggestions and requests for potential improvements. Please take the anonymous survey using this link: Link to Survey

Thank you for your Participation,
David Mota-Sanchez
Arthropod Resistance Database Director


Reported Resistance Case(s)

Species: aedes aegypti

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

Active Ingredient: transfluthrin

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
G20466 2019 Field Evolved Resistance
Puerto Rico Yang, L., Norris, E. J., Jiang, S., Bernier, U. R., Linthicumb, K. J., and Bloomquist, J. R. (2019). Reduced effectiveness of repellents in a pyrethroid-resistant strain of Aedes aegypti (Diptera: culicidae) and its correlation with olfactory sensitivity. Pest Management Science, 76 118-124.
*The population was created solely by selection and/or genetic manipulation.
**The population was selected further in the laboratory after collection.