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Table 2 Percentage mortality of bioassays on An. stephensi adults using different insecticides in 2014 to 2017

From: Status of insecticide resistance and its biochemical and molecular mechanisms in Anopheles stephensi (Diptera: Culicidae) from Afghanistan

Insecticide

Province

2014

2015

2017

Percentage changes in the susceptibility compared to the 2014 baseline

Permethrin 0.75%

Kunar

89

89

65

− 27

Laghman

90

87

91

+ 1

Nangarhar

92

92.2

90

− 2

Deltamethrin 0.05%

Kunar

78

85

78

0

Laghman

65

63

93

43

Nangarhar

66

95

90

36

Malathion 5%

Kunar

62

88

28

− 55

Laghman

95

85

51

− 46

Nangarhar

95

86

56

− 41

Bendiocarb 0.1%

Kunar

95

90

98

+ 3

Laghman

92

63

52

− 43.5

Nangarhar

100

86

84

− 16

DDT 4%

Kunar

45

NA

70

+ 55.5

Laghman

80

NA

45

− 44

Nangarhar

60

NA

60

0