Insecticide susceptibility of Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus across Thailand

J Med Entomol. 2005 Sep;42(5):821-5. doi: 10.1603/0022-2585(2005)042[0821:ISOAAA]2.0.CO;2.

Abstract

Aedes aegypti (L.) and Aedes albopictus (Skuse), two important vectors of dengue fever and dengue hemorrhagic fever, were collected from Mae Sot, Nakhon Sawan, Nakhon Ratchasima, Surat Thani, and Phatthalung, Thailand, from July 2003 to April 2004. The patterns of insecticide susceptibility to temephos, malathion, and permethrin of both Ae. aegypti and Ae. albopictus larvae were determined. Ae. aegypti from all study sites were resistant to permethrin, they but were susceptible to malathion. Resistance to temephos was detected in all strains of Ae. aegypti, except those from Nakhon Ratchasima. Ae. albopictus larvae had low levels of resistance to all three insecticides, except Mae Sot and Phatthalung strains, which were resistant to permethrin.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study

MeSH terms

  • Aedes / drug effects*
  • Animals
  • Insect Vectors / drug effects*
  • Insecticides / toxicity*
  • Larva / drug effects
  • Lethal Dose 50
  • Malathion / toxicity*
  • Permethrin / toxicity*
  • Species Specificity
  • Temefos / toxicity*
  • Thailand

Substances

  • Insecticides
  • Permethrin
  • Temefos
  • Malathion