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APRD Survey

Dear Users:

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

The APRD Team is conducting a Survey to gauge users experiences, our objective is to determine how the database enhances research, and to allow for users to provide feedback, suggestions and requests for potential improvements. Please take the anonymous survey using this link: Link to Survey

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David Mota-Sanchez
Arthropod Resistance Database Director


Reported Resistance Case(s)

Species: culex quinquefasciatus

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

Active Ingredient: cypermethrin-alpha

MOA: Sodium channel modulators, Pyrethroids, Pyrethrins, DDT
Group: PYR CAS #: 67375308 Shaugnessy Code: 209600

Resistance Case(s)

Case Id Year of Report Type of Resistance Location Reference
G22171 2022 Field Evolved Resistance
Nigeria--
Kafin-Hausa
Omotayo, A. I., Dogara, M. M., Sufi, D., Shuaibu, T., Balogun, J., Dawaki, S., Muktar, B., Adeniyi, K., Garba, N., Namadi, I., Adam, H. A., Adamu, S., Abdullahi, H., Sulaiman, A., & Oduola, A. O. (2022). High pyrethroid-resistance intensity in Culex quinquefasciatus (Say) (Diptera: Culicidae) populations from Jigawa, North-West, Nigeria.. PLoS neglected tropical diseases, 16.
*The population was created solely by selection and/or genetic manipulation.
**The population was selected further in the laboratory after collection.