Susceptibility of Aedes aegypti to some insecticides used in Vietnam
- Author:
Vu Duc Huong
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
insecticide
- MeSH:
Insecticides;
Mosquito Control;
chemistry
- From:Journal of Malaria and parasite diseases Control
2003;0(6):43-47
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
Studying the susceptibility of Aedes aegypti to some insecticides in 22 places of 11 provinces and cities in 4 different regions of Vietnam. Results: Ae. aegypti mosquito was still susceptible to Malathion but resistant to DDT in most of studied places. Ae. aegypti was susceptible to insecticides of perythroid group (such as permethrine, lambda-cyhalothrine, deltamethrine, and alphamethrine) in many places in Northern and Central Vietnam, while it was resistant in Southern Vietnam and the Central Highlands. Ae. aegypti was also resistant highly and widely to etofenprox
