Table 1.
Results of insecticide susceptibility tests on F1 progeny from families of wild-caught Anopheles parensis 24 hrs post-exposure to three classes of insecticides.
Insecticide | No. families | TotalNo. | Alive | Dead | % Mortality |
0.1% Bendiocarb | 10 | 205 | 4 | 201 | 98.05 |
4% DDT | 4 | 81 | 0 | 81 | 100 |
0.75% Permethrin | 6 | 118 | 2 | 116 | 98.31 |
0.05% Deltamethrin | 11 | 204 | 30 | 174 | 85.29 |
Control | 100 | 0 | 100 | 100 |
Control = 25 susceptible laboratory Anopheles quadriannulatus colony mosquitoes exposed to each insecticide.