Emerging Infectious Diseases (Oct 2019)

Rapid Screening of Aedes aegypti Mosquitoes for Susceptibility to Insecticides as Part of Zika Emergency Response, Puerto Rico

  • Ryan R. Hemme,
  • Lucrecia Vizcaino,
  • Angela F. Harris,
  • Gilberto Felix,
  • Michael Kavanaugh,
  • Joan L. Kenney,
  • Nicole M. Nazario,
  • Marvin S. Godsey,
  • Roberto Barrera,
  • Julieanne Miranda,
  • Audrey Lenhart

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2510.181847
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 25, no. 10
pp. 1959 – 1961

Abstract

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In response to the 2016 Zika outbreak, Aedes aegypti mosquitoes from 38 locations across Puerto Rico were screened using Centers for Disease Control and Prevention bottle bioassays for sensitivity to insecticides used for mosquito control. All populations were resistant to pyrethroids. Naled, an organophosphate, was the most effective insecticide, killing all mosquitoes tested.

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