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    Insecticide susceptible/resistance status in Aedes (Stegomyia) aegypti and Aedes (Stegomyia) albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae) in Thailand during 2003-2005
    (2007-04-01) Nuananong Jirakanjanakit; Pornpimol Rongnoparut; Seeviga Saengtharatip; Theeraphap Chareonviriyaphap; Stephane Duchon; Christian Bellec; Sutee Yoksan; The Institute of Science and Technology for Research and Development, Mahidol University; Mahidol University; Thailand Ministry of Public Health; Kasetsart University; IRD Centre de Montpellier
    Susceptibility baselines and diagnostic doses of the technical grade insecticides deltamethrin, permethrin, fenitrothion, and propoxur were established based on Aedes aegypti (L.), Bora (French Polynesia), a reference susceptible strain. Field-collected Aedes mosquitoes from each part of Thailand were subjected to bioassay for their susceptibility to the diagnostic doses of each insecticide. Almost all Ae. aegypti collected were incipient resistant or resistant to deltamethrin and permethrin, except those from some areas of Songkhla (southern) and Phan district of Chiang Rai (northern) province. Susceptibility to fenitrothion was found in mosquitoes from Bangkok (central), Chonburi (eastern), Chiang Rai, Kanchanaburi (western), and Songkhla, whereas they were resistant in almost all areas of Nakhon Sawan (north central) and Nakhon Ratchasima (northeastern) provinces. Most of Ae. aegypti were susceptible to propoxur except those from Mae Wong, Nakhon Sawan province. Various levels of insecticide resistance and susceptibility in adjacent areas revealed a focal susceptible/resistance profile in the country. It could be noted that almost all of Ae. albopictus were susceptible to the insecticides tested at the same diagnostic doses. In conclusion, resistance to pyrethroids (permethrin and deltamethrin) has developed in Ae. aegypti in most of the collected areas, suggesting that an alternative choice of insecticide or other control measures should be applied. © 2007 Entomological Society of America.
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    Trend of temephos resistance in Aedes (Stegomyia) mosquitoes in Thailand during 2003-2005
    (2007-06-01) Nuananong Jirakanjanakit; Seeviga Saengtharatip; Pornpimol Rongnoparut; Stephane Duchon; Christian Bellec; Sutee Yoksan; The Institute of Science and Technology for Research and Development, Mahidol University; Thailand Ministry of Public Health; Mahidol University; IRD Centre de Montpellier
    The diagnostic dose for temephos susceptibility test was established based on Aedes aegypti, the susceptible Bora (French Polynesia) strain, for practical and routine use. The diagnostic dose was subsequently used to evaluate the susceptibility/resistance status in Fl progenies of field-collected samples from Bangkok and various parts of Thailand. It appeared that Ae. aegypti mosquitoes of one collection site each in Bangkok, Nakhon Sawan (northcentral), and Nakhon Ratchasrima (northeast) were resistant to temephos, with mortality ranging from 50.5 to 71.4%. Moreover, there was a trend of resistance to temephos among Ae. aegypti populations of all studied districts of Nakorn Ratchasima and most areas of Nakhon Sawan, of which those in one area were susceptible. However, various levels of temephos susceptibility were found in Bangkok populations, including resistance and incipient resistance. In Chonburi Province (eastern), all mosquitoes were susceptible to temephos with an indication of tolerance in one sample. Additionally, mosquitoes from Songkhla (south), Chiang Rai (north), Kanchanaburi (west), and Chanthaburi (east) remained susceptible to temephos during the sample collecting period. Bioassay tests on Aedes albopictus populations collected in this study from Nakhon Sawan, Nakorn Ratchasima, Songkhla, and Kanchanaburi revealed high susceptibility to temephos. Although the use of temephos seems to be potentially effective in many areas of the country, a noticeable trend of resistance indicated that alternative vector control methods should be periodically applied. © 2007 Entomological Society of America.