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Reported Resistance Case(s)

Species: simulium soubrense

Order Family Common Name(s) Group Host
diptera simuliidae black fly MED

Active Ingredient: temephos

MOA: Acetylcholine esterase inhibitors, Organophophates
Group: OP CAS #: 3383968 Shaugnessy Code: 59001

Resistance Case(s)

Case Id Year of Report Type of Resistance Location Reference
G4727 1986 Field Evolved Resistance
Burkina Faso WHO 1986. (1986).
G4728 1986 Field Evolved Resistance
Ghana WHO 1986. (1986).
G4729 1986 Field Evolved Resistance
Mali WHO 1986. (1986).
G3841 1980 Field Evolved Resistance
Cote d'Ivoire Guillet, P., Escaffre, H., Ouedraogo, M. and Quillevere, D. (1980). Demonstration of resistance to temephos in Simulium damnosum complex in Ivory coast.. Cah. ORSTOM, Ser. Entomol. Med. Parasit., 18 291-99.
*The population was created solely by selection and/or genetic manipulation.
**The population was selected further in the laboratory after collection.