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

Authors

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

Publication/Presentation Date

10-1-2019

Abstract

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.

Volume

25

Issue

10

First Page

1959

Last Page

1961

ISSN

1080-6059

Published In/Presented At

Hemme, R. R., Vizcaino, L., Harris, A. F., Felix, G., Kavanaugh, M., Kenney, J. L., Nazario, N. M., Godsey, M. S., Barrera, R., Miranda, J., & Lenhart, A. (2019). Rapid Screening of Aedes aegypti Mosquitoes for Susceptibility to Insecticides as Part of Zika Emergency Response, Puerto Rico. Emerging infectious diseases, 25(10), 1959–1961. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2510.181847

Disciplines

Medicine and Health Sciences

PubMedID

31538919

Department(s)

Department of Medicine

Document Type

Article