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Reported Resistance Case(s)

Species: cimex hemipterus

Order Family Common Name(s) Group Host
hemiptera cimicidae tropical bedbug MED human

Active Ingredient: BHC/cyclodienes - Unspecified In Literature

MOA: GABA-gated chloride channel antagonists, Cyclodiene organochlorines
Group: CYCLO CAS #: 0 Shaugnessy Code: 0

Resistance Case(s)

Case Id Year of Report Type of Resistance Location Reference
G3201 1976 Field Evolved Resistance
Benin WHO 1976. (1976).
G3202 1976 Field Evolved Resistance
Burkina Faso WHO 1976. (1976).
G3203 1976 Field Evolved Resistance
Gambia WHO 1976. (1976).
G3204 1976 Field Evolved Resistance
India WHO 1976. (1976).
G3205 1976 Field Evolved Resistance
Kenya WHO 1976. (1976).
G3206 1976 Field Evolved Resistance
Madagascar WHO 1976. (1976).
G3207 1976 Field Evolved Resistance
Malaysia WHO 1976. (1976).
G3208 1976 Field Evolved Resistance
Tanzania WHO 1976. (1976).
*The population was created solely by selection and/or genetic manipulation.
**The population was selected further in the laboratory after collection.