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Table 1 Acute oral toxicities to ivermectin for Anopheles species using in vitro membrane feeding techniques, ranked according to susceptibility

From: Oral susceptibility to ivermectin is over fifty times greater in a wild population of Anopheles albimanus mosquitoes from Belize than the STECLA laboratory reference strain of this mosquito

Anopheles species

Mosquito strain and history*

Mortality assessment period (day)

N

Oral LC50 (95% CL)

References

stephensi

STE2; Long-standing

4

573

7 (5, 9)

[16]

arabiensis

DONGOLA; Long-standing

9

515

8 (6, 10)

[7]

minimus

AFRIMS; Long-standing

7

2376

16 (12, 19)

[13]

gambiae s.s.

KISUMU; Long-standing

9

Not reported

20 ± 3

[2]

gambiae s.s.

G3; Long-standing

5

2013

22 (18, 27)

[5]

albimanus

BELIZE; Field-collected

4

352

26 (14, 51)

Present study

campestris

AFRIMS; Long-standing

7

2786

26 (22, 30)

[13]

sawadwongporni

AFRIMS; Long-standing

7

1446

27 (25, 29)

[13]

darlingi

NAMRU-6; Recent

7

6161

43 (37, 49)

[14]

aquasalis

FMT-HVD; Long-standing

5

1415

47 (45, 49)

[11]

dirus

AFRIMS; Long-standing

7

5029

56 (52, 59)

[13]

albimanus

STECLA; Long-standing

4

582

1468 (1153, 1965)

[16]

  1. * ‘Long-standing’ is defined as more than 5 years of continuous colony prior to testing. ‘Recent’ is defined as two to three years in colony prior to testing