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5 June 2020 Evaluation of boric acid as toxic sugar bait against resistant Aedes aegypti mosquitoes
Mandi A. Pearson, Kai Blore, Caroline Efstathion, Vindhya S. Aryaprema, Gunter C. Muller, Rui-De Xue, Whitney A. Qualls
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Abstract

Current methods of broad area application of contact insecticides used in mosquito control are becoming less effective, primarily due to resistance within mosquito populations. New methods that can deliver ingestible insecticides are being investigated as a means to mitigate resistance. This study evaluated insecticide delivery through toxic sugar baits (TSB) and resulting mortality of susceptible and resistant strains of Aedes aegypti. Two Ae. aegypti strains were evaluated using a 1% boric acid TSB: the susceptible Orlando 1952 (ORL) strain and the resistant Puerto Rican (PR) strain. The TSB resulted in high mortality for both ORL and PR strain of Ae. aegypti. Average mortality of female mosquitoes given TSB was 90.8% for PR and 99.3% for ORL. Our study suggests that targeting resistant mosquitoes with ingestible insecticides through TSBs could be a viable alternative to current mosquito control strategies and should be considered when developing an integrated vector management program.

Mandi A. Pearson, Kai Blore, Caroline Efstathion, Vindhya S. Aryaprema, Gunter C. Muller, Rui-De Xue, and Whitney A. Qualls "Evaluation of boric acid as toxic sugar bait against resistant Aedes aegypti mosquitoes," Journal of Vector Ecology 45(1), 100-103, (5 June 2020). https://doi.org/10.1111/jvec.12377
Received: 11 February 2020; Accepted: 7 April 2020; Published: 5 June 2020
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KEYWORDS
Aedes aegypti
insecticide resistance
integrated vector management
sugar-feeding
Toxic sugar bait
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