Insecticide susceptibility and selection for resistance in a population of Aedes aegypti from Ratchaburi province, Thailand.
The insecticide susceptibility of Aedes aegypti larvae and adults from four areas of Ratchaburi Province, Thailand was investigated using World Health Organization standard procedures. The larvae of Ae. aegypti in all areas were found to be susceptible to temephos. The strain with the highest level of temephos resistance was subjected to temephos selection. The resistance ratios increased to 2.74-fold from their parental non selected strain after 5 generations of selection. For the adult of Ae. aegypti, the study was conducted to determine the effects of 0.75 % permethrin and 0.05 % deltamethrin impregnated paper selection on the strain having the highest with the highest LT50 level. The results showed the increase in the LT50 to 7.46 and 1.18-fold after the third selected generation with 0.75 % permethrin and 0.05 % deltamethrin respectively. Mortality rates after exposing adults to discriminating concentrations showed that field populations in Ratchaburi Province were resistant to permethrin and deltamethrin. Alternative non-chemical measures need to be used in new of the emergence of resistance in the mosquito population.
National Institute of Health, Department of Medical Sciences, Ministry of Public Health, Nonthaburi, Thailand.
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