title: Insecticide resistance in Anopheles sacharovi Favre in southern Turkey.
abstract: We report the resistance to 12 insecticides of specimens of Anopheles sacharovi, both in laboratory cultures and those collected in the malarious areas of Adana, Adiyaman, Antalya, Aydin, and Muğla in southern Turkey. Mortality was higher 24 h after exposure than immediately after exposure but was unaffected by temperature (24 degrees C or 29 degrees C) or the position of the test kit (horizontal or vertical). In Adana, Adiyaman and Antalya, A. sacharovi was susceptible only to malathion and pirimiphos-methyl. In Aydin it was susceptible to both these insecticides as well as to dieldrin, lambda-cyhalothrin, and etofenprox; and in Muğla it was susceptible to dieldrin, fenitrothion, lambda-cyhalothrin, cyfluthrin and etofenprox, as well as to malathion and pirimiphos-methyl.
authors.affiliation: Cukurova University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medical Biology, Balcali, Adana, Turkey.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kasap
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kasap
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Alptekin
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Lüleyap
authors.forename: P R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Herath
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000852:Anopheles / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000254:growth & development; D003625:Data Collection; D007303:Insect Vectors / Q000187:drug effects / Q000254:growth & development; D007305:Insecticide Resistance; D008288:Malaria / Q000635:transmission; D014421:Turkey