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Table 1 Insecticides used for WHO insecticide susceptibility tests.

From: The infectivity of the entomopathogenic fungus Beauveria bassiana to insecticide-resistant and susceptible Anopheles arabiensis mosquitoes at two different temperatures

Class

Insecticide

Diagnostic concentration (%)

Pyrethroids

Deltamethrin

0.05

 

Permethrin

0.75

Carbamates

Bendiocarb

0.1

 

Propoxur

0.1

Organo-phosphates

Malathion

5

 

Pirimiphos-methyl

0.9

Organochlorines

DDT

4

 

Dieldrin (cyclodiene)

4