title: [The effect of insecticide resistance on the demographic parameters of 3 strains of Culex quinquefasciatus (Diptera: Culicidae) under laboratory conditions].
abstract: The life tables of 3 strains of Culex quinquefasciatus were studied under laboratory conditions: Slab, susceptible to reference; Old Havana, treated with cypermethrin until its fourth generation; and Cotorro, from the field. It was found that the different levels of resistance to organophosphate insecticides and pyrethroids present in the Cotorro and Old Havana strains did not influence either on the duration of the period of development of the immature stages or in the sexual proportion of the emerged adults, but they had a favorable and directly proportional effect on the survival and longevity of the adults. However, they exerted a negative and inversely proportional influence on the reproduction and population growth of these strains. Useful data for the use and management of insecticides within the strategies of control of Culex quinquefasciatus, an important vector of lymphatic filariasis, are provided.
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Medicina Tropical Pedro Kourí, Ciudad de La Habana, Cuba.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Suárez
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Montada
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Fuentes
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Castex
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Leyva
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003465:Culex; D005260:Female; D007303:Insect Vectors; D007305:Insecticide Resistance; D007306:Insecticides / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors*; D007814:Larva; D008297:Male; D009943:Organophosphorus Compounds; D011158:Population Growth; D011722:Pyrethrins / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors*; D012098:Reproduction
chemical_list: D007306:Insecticides; D009943:Organophosphorus Compounds; D011722:Pyrethrins