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Reported Resistance Case(s)

Species: xenopsylla cheopis

Order Family Common Name(s) Group Host
siphonaptera pulicidae oriental rat flea. tropical rat flea MED livestock, human

Active Ingredient: DDT

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

Resistance Case(s)

Case Id Year of Report Type of Resistance Location Reference
G3892 1980 Field Evolved Resistance
 Brazil WHO 1980. (1980).
G3893 1980 Field Evolved Resistance
 China WHO 1980. (1980).
G3894 1980 Field Evolved Resistance
 Indonesia Sustriayu, N., Sudomo, M., Kusharyono, C. and Lim, B. L. (1980). Susceptibility to DDT, malathion, fenitrothion, and dieldrin of three flea species in the Boyolali plague endemic area, central Java, Indonesia.. Southeast Asian J. Trop. Med. Public Health, 2 108-12.
G3895 1980 Field Evolved Resistance
 Madagascar WHO 1980. (1980).
G3271 1976 Field Evolved Resistance
 Burma WHO 1976. (1976).
G3272 1976 Field Evolved Resistance
 Egypt WHO 1976. (1976).
G3273 1976 Field Evolved Resistance
 Israel WHO 1976. (1976).
G3274 1976 Field Evolved Resistance
 Philippines WHO 1976. (1976).
G1139 1966 Field Evolved Resistance
 Taiwan WHO. (1966). Summary of tests reported to ME/RTI from 1 September 1965 to 28 February 1966 showing abnormal physiological responses of anophelines to insecticides.. WHO Inf. Circ. Insecticide Resistance., 56 30.
G1140 1966 Field Evolved Resistance
 Thailand WHO 1966a. (1966).
G982 1965 Field Evolved Resistance
 Vietnam Chow, C. Y. (1965). Plague in Viet Nam and DDT resistance in the flea vector (Xenopsylla cheopsis).. WHO. Inf. Circ. Insecticide Resistance., 54 6.
G245 1960 Field Evolved Resistance
 India Patel, T. B., Bhatia, S. C. and Deobhankar, R. B. (1960). A confirmed case of DDT resistance in Xenopsylla cheopis in India.. Bull. WHO, 23 301-12.
*The population was created solely by selection and/or genetic manipulation.
**The population was selected further in the laboratory after collection.
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