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1 December 2012 Pyrethroid Resistance in Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus from Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Janet C. McAllister, Marvin S. Godsey, Mariah L. Scott
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In Port-au-Prince, Haiti, the status of insecticide resistance has not recently been evaluated for Aedes aegypti (L) and Aedes albopictus (Skuse) populations. No prophylactics exist for dengue, so prevention is only through vector control methods. An earthquake occurred in Haiti on January 12, 2010, with a magnitude of 7.0 Mw that devastated the area. Dengue became a major concern for the humanitarian relief workers that entered the country. Bottle bioassays were conducted in the field on adult mosquitoes reared from larvae collected from the grounds of the U.S. Embassy and from an adjacent neighborhood in eastern Port-au-Prince, Haiti. At the CDC, Fort Collins, CO, bioassays, molecular, and biochemical assays were performed on mosquitoes reared from field-collected eggs. A small percentage of the population was able to survive the diagnostic dose in bioassays run in Haiti. Mosquitoes tested at the CDC demonstrated no phenotypic resistance. A variety of factors could be responsible for the discrepancies between the field and lab data, but temperature and larval nutrition are probably most important. Knowledge of localized resistance and underlying mechanisms helps in making rational decisions in selection of appropriate and effective insecticides in the event of a dengue outbreak.

Janet C. McAllister, Marvin S. Godsey, and Mariah L. Scott "Pyrethroid Resistance in Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus from Port-au-Prince, Haiti," Journal of Vector Ecology 37(2), 325-332, (1 December 2012). https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1948-7134.2012.00234.x
Received: 18 January 2012; Accepted: 1 May 2012; Published: 1 December 2012
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KEYWORDS
Aedes aegypti
Aedes albopictus
Haiti
kdr resistance
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