Insecticide resistance in mosquitoes: a pragmatic review. [Review] [83 refs]

Type

Article

Date of Publication

1986

Original Publication

Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association

Volume

2

Series / Issue

Issue: 2

Pages

123-140

Contributed by

American Mosquito Control Association

Notes

Author(s) - Brown AW.

 

Abstract

Descriptions of the World Health Organization standard methods of assessing susceptibility or resistance in larval and in adult mosquitoes are presented, and the evaluation of their results are discussed. Other susceptibility test methods are also mentioned, including those based on esterase zymograms. Recent work on the biochemical mechanisms of resistance and cross-resistance are reviewed, along with possible countermeasures for the problem of mosquito resistance, now known in 113 species of culicines and anophelines. [References: 83]

Notes

Author(s) - Brown AW.