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Reported Resistance Case(s)

Species: culex quinquefasciatus

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

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
G5164 1990 Field Evolved Resistance
Cameroon Peiris, H.T.R., and J. Hemingway. (1990). Temephos resistance and the associated cross-resistance spectrum in a strain of culex quinquefasciatus Say (Diptera: Culicidae) from Peliyagoda, Sri Lanka. Bulletin of Entomological Research, 80 49-55.
G4625 1986 Field Evolved Resistance
Bangladesh WHO 1986. (1986).
G4626 1986 Field Evolved Resistance
Brazil WHO 1986. (1986).
G4627 1986 Field Evolved Resistance
Djibouti WHO 1986. (1986).
G4628 1986 Field Evolved Resistance
Guinea WHO 1986. (1986).
G4629 1986 Field Evolved Resistance
Kenya WHO 1986. (1986).
G4630 1986 Field Evolved Resistance
Madagascar WHO 1986. (1986).
G4631 1986 Field Evolved Resistance
Singapore WHO 1986. (1986).
G4632 1986 Field Evolved Resistance
Sri Lanka WHO 1986. (1986).
G4633 1986 Field Evolved Resistance
Tanzania WHO 1986. (1986).
G4634 1986 Field Evolved Resistance
USA WHO 1986. (1986).
G3787 1980 Field Evolved Resistance
Cameroon WHO 1980. (1980).
*The population was created solely by selection and/or genetic manipulation.
**The population was selected further in the laboratory after collection.