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20 June 2016 Susceptibility to Temephos and Spinosad in Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) from Puerto Rico
Samanta L. Del Rio-Galvan, Adriana E. Flores, Roberto Barrera, Beatriz Lopez-Monroy, Gilberto Felix, Manuel Amador, Gustavo Ponce-Garcia
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We examined the susceptibility to temephos and spinosad (Natular EC) of eight Aedes aegypti (L.) populations from Puerto Rico, following WHO method (WHO 2005). Enzyme activity was measured for alpha- and beta-esterases, multiple function oxidases, glutathione-s-transferases, and insensitive acetylcholinesterase and was tested for correlation with the susceptibility level. The results showed that larval populations from Puerto Rico obtained during 2014 were found to be susceptible to both larvicides, with low (resistance factor) RRLC50 values (<5 fold) and altered and incipiently altered enzyme expression for all populations, except the insensitive acetylcholinesterase enzyme, where only the population of Ponce showed overexpression (53.3%) above the threshold established with the New Orleans susceptible strain. We recommend the use of both larvicides for mosquito control in the study area and encourage further susceptibility monitoring.

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Samanta L. Del Rio-Galvan, Adriana E. Flores, Roberto Barrera, Beatriz Lopez-Monroy, Gilberto Felix, Manuel Amador, and Gustavo Ponce-Garcia "Susceptibility to Temephos and Spinosad in Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) from Puerto Rico," Journal of Medical Entomology 53(5), 1211-1217, (20 June 2016). https://doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjw090
Received: 27 January 2016; Accepted: 11 May 2016; Published: 20 June 2016
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KEYWORDS
Aedes aegypti
larvicide
spinosad
temephos
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