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APRD Survey

Dear Users:

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

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David Mota-Sanchez
Arthropod Resistance Database Director


Reported Resistance Case(s)

Species: culex pipiens pipiens

Order Family Common Name(s) Group Host
diptera culicidae house mosquito MED House Mosquito

Active Ingredient: endrin

MOA: GABA-gated chloride channel antagonists, Cyclodiene organochlorines
Group: CYCLO CAS #: 72-20-8 Shaugnessy Code: 41601

Resistance Case(s)

Case Id Year of Report Type of Resistance Location Reference
G1536 1969 Field Evolved Resistance
Egypt Toppozada, A., Madi, S. M. and Eldefrawi, M. E. (1969). Resistance to chlorinated hydrocarbons in Culex pipiens quinquefasciatus in Egypt.. J. Econ. Entomol., 62 440-42.
*The population was created solely by selection and/or genetic manipulation.
**The population was selected further in the laboratory after collection.