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Reported Resistance Case(s)

Species: culex pipiens pipiens

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

Active Ingredient: fenitrothion

MOA: Acetylcholine esterase inhibitors, Organophophates
Group: OP CAS #: 122145 Shaugnessy Code: 105901

Resistance Case(s)

Case Id Year of Report Type of Resistance Location Reference
G4895 1987 Field Evolved Resistance
Azerbaijan Bagirov, G. A. and Alirzaev, G. V. (1987). Resistance of Culex Pipiens L.. to malathion, fenitrothion and DDT in sections of Baku (Azerbaijan SSR, USSR). Med Parazitol. Bolezni., 0(3) 78-80.
G4590 1986 Field Evolved Resistance
Egypt WHO 1986. (1986).
G4591 1986 Field Evolved Resistance
Kuwait WHO 1986. (1986).
G4179 1984 Field Evolved Resistance
France Sinegre, G. (1984). La resistance des dipteres culicides en France.. Colloque sur la Reduction d'Efficacite des Traitements Insecticides et Acaricides et Problemes de Resistance. Paris, pp. 47-58.
*The population was created solely by selection and/or genetic manipulation.
**The population was selected further in the laboratory after collection.