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10 July 2018 Optimal Discriminating Concentrations of Six Synthetic Pyrethroids for Monitoring Insecticide Susceptibility in Anopheles minimus (Diptera: Culicidae), a Primary Malaria Vector in Thailand
Kanutcharee Thanispong, Sunaiyana Sathantriphop, Rungarun Tisgratog, Krajana Tainchum, Chutipong Sukkanon, Michael J. Bangs, Theeraphap Chareonviriyaphap
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Malaria is a serious mosquito-borne disease transmitted to humans by Anopheles mosquitoes. Seven species of Anopheles are important malaria vectors in Thailand and all remain susceptible to pyrethroid insecticides, despite decades of use in public health mosquito control programs. However, for a more refined and accurate approach to temporal monitoring of susceptibility patterns to commonly used pyrethroids to control adult Anopheles mosquitoes, it is preferred to have specific concentrations for more discriminating testing. A laboratory strain of Anopheles minimus Theobald was used to establish baseline concentrations for susceptibility to six different synthetic pyrethroids—deltamethrin, permethrin, bifenthrin, cypermethrin, α-cypermethrin, and λ-cyhalothrin using the World Health Organization (WHO) adult bioassay system. Final discriminating concentrations of each active ingredient were determined based on doubling LC99 for each chemical to arrive at the following percent concentrations: deltamethrin (0.009%), permethrin (0.551%), bifenthrin (0.12%), cypermethrin (0.104%), α-cypermethrin (0.034%), and λ-cyhalothrin (0.019%). For permethrin, deltamethrin, α-cypermethrin, and λ-cyhalothrin, all revised percentages were lower than currently recommended discriminating concentrations by WHO. Using the newly derived concentrations, insecticide susceptibility tests were followed in a field population of An. minimus s.l. from Kanchanaburi Province. Deltamethrin, bifenthrin, and λ-cyhalothrin produced 100% kill, whereas permethrin, cypermethrin, and α-cypermethrin gave between 92.9 and 97.7% mortality, indicating lower sensitivity (tolerance). Routine monitoring of insecticide susceptibility in An. minimus wild populations throughout Thailand should continue to ensure that insecticides in use are effective to control this vector species.

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Kanutcharee Thanispong, Sunaiyana Sathantriphop, Rungarun Tisgratog, Krajana Tainchum, Chutipong Sukkanon, Michael J. Bangs, and Theeraphap Chareonviriyaphap "Optimal Discriminating Concentrations of Six Synthetic Pyrethroids for Monitoring Insecticide Susceptibility in Anopheles minimus (Diptera: Culicidae), a Primary Malaria Vector in Thailand," Journal of Economic Entomology 111(5), 2375-2382, (10 July 2018). https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/toy199
Received: 9 January 2018; Accepted: 22 June 2018; Published: 10 July 2018
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KEYWORDS
adult contact bioassay
Anopheles minimus
insecticide discriminating concentrations
pyrethroid
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