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Reported Resistance Case(s)

Species: xenopsylla astia

Order Family Common Name(s) Group Host
siphonaptera pulicidae indian rat flea MED

Active Ingredient: DDT

MOA: Sodium channel modulators, Pyrethroids, Pyrethrins, DDT
Group: DDT CAS #: 50293 Shaugnessy Code: 29201

Resistance Case(s)

Case Id Year of Report Location Reference
1980 Burma WHO 1980. Resistance of vectors of disease to pesticides. Fifth Rep. WHO Expert Committee on Vector Biology and Control. Tech. Rep. Ser. No. 655, 82 pp.
1961 India Sharma, M. I. D. and Joshi, G. C. (1961). A preliminary note on DDT resistance in rat fleas, Zenopsylla cheopis and Zenopsylla astia, in a sprayed area of Delhi. Bull. WHO, 25, 270.
 
United States Department of Agriculture, Cooperative State Research and Extension ServiceInsecticide Resistance Action CommitteeMichigan State University ExtensionWERA-60