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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: xenopsylla brasillensis

Order Family Common Name(s) Group Host
siphonaptera pulicidae rabbit flea MED 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
G4342 1985 Field Evolved Resistance
Tanzania Kilonzo, B. S. (1985). DDT resistance in Zenopsylla brasilienesis the common plague vector in Tanzania.. Insect. Sci. Appl., 6 111-14.
*The population was created solely by selection and/or genetic manipulation.
**The population was selected further in the laboratory after collection.