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Table 2 WHO bioassay tests for resistance on 3–5 day old female F1 A. funestus progeny from Burma Valley and Zindi carried out in February 2014

From: The emergence of insecticide resistance in the major malaria vector Anopheles funestus (Diptera: Culicidae) from sentinel sites in Mutare and Mutasa Districts, Zimbabwe

Insecticide

24 h % observed mortality

n (‡)

% mortality (range)

Standard deviation

Resistance status

0.05 % lambda-cyhalothrin

100 (4)

9 (4–13.8)

3.5

R

0.05 % deltamethrin

87 (4)

12.6 (10.8–14.7)

1.5

R

0.5 % etofenprox

90 (4)

3.3 (1.6–4.9)

1.3

R

0.1 % bendiocarb

98 (4)

25.5 (21.3–28.8)

2.8

R

4 % DDT

100 (4)

100

0

S

1.0 % pirimiphos methyl

100 (4)

100

0

S

Untreated control

129 (5)

0.8 (0–1.8)

0.9

–

0.05 % lambda-cyhalothrin

107 (5)

4.7 (3.8–5.7)

0.6

R

0.05 % deltamethrin

92 (4)

16.3 (14.0–18.4)

1.6

R

0.5 % etofenprox

83 (4)

13.3 (11.8–14.9)

1.1

R

0.1 % bendiocarb

100 (4)

8 (5.5–10.2)

2

R

4 % DDT

114 (5)

100

0

S

1.0 % pirimiphos methyl

96 (4)

100

0

S

Untreated control

122 (5)

0

0

–

  1. ‡, number of tubes/replicates; R, resistant; S, susceptible