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. 2019 Oct;25(10):1959–1961. doi: 10.3201/eid2510.181847

Table. Locations and death rates for Aedes aegypti mosquitoes in bottle bioassays, Puerto Rico, 2016.

Municipality or barrio Insecticide, concentration per bottle
Simple pyrethroids, 15 μg
Cyano-pyrethroids, 10 μg
Organophosphates
Carbamate, bendiocarb, 12.5 μg
Permethirn Phenothrin Etofenprox Tetramethrin Bifenthrin Alpha-cypermethrin Deltamethrin Lambda-cyhalothrin Naled, 25 μg Malathion, 50 μg
East
Caguas, Condado Moderno 3.7 27.3 25.0 5.9 100 66.7
Caguas, Urb. Idamaris Garden 5.0 90.4
Caguas, Villa Blanca 0 87.2
Caguas, Villa de Castro 0 75.9
Canóvanas 1.2 0 20.0 44.1 90.0 16.0
Fajardo 0 0 0 27.5 38.1 60.0 41.5 100 53.7
Humacao 0 0 0 22.5 23.5 62.5 36.8 100 67.3
Juncos
0



45.1

44.3
73.1
65.9

100
58.8

Metro
Bayamón 0 19.2 86.7 33.3 100
Bayamón, Irlanda 31.6
Bayamón, Pájaros 50.0
Bayamón, Teresita 69.6
Carolina, El Comandante 1.1
Carolina, Los Colobos 0
Carolina, Villa Carolina 1.0
Carolina, Vistamar 22.5 100
Cataño 0 60.8 82.7 64.0 100
Guaynabo, Ponce de León 0 5.9 66.7 40.0 100 12.8
Guaynabo, Sabana 78.2 100
Guaynabo, Villa Clementina 55.0 100
San Juan, Caparra Terrace 0 100
San Juan, Israel 0 100
San Juan, Puerto Nuevo 0 29.4 59.0 92.8 47.2 100 53.1
San Juan, Venus Garden 2.1 100
San Juan, El Commandante

0

0
14.3

39.6
97.5
45.9




South
Guayama 1.4 1.3 90.0 98.7 100 93.7
Patillas 0 82.9 68.6 46.0 78.0 100 80.8
Peñuelas 0 47.3 48.5 79.4 60.8 100 40.5
Ponce 2.1 2.2 40.0 27.9 34.1 100 34.0
Salinas

0
0

82.5

95.7
100
72.5




West
Aquadilla 0 31.8 52.6 18.2 100
Arecibo 7.7 85.5 98.8 40.3
Isabela 45.1 82.4 100 86.6 100 25.0
Manati 3.8 84.0 96.6 93.8 100 93.8
Mayagüez 7.8 84.0 96.0 89.0
San German 15.6 83.8 20.0
Vega Alta 0 46.9 93.6 48.6
Vega Baja 0 43.0 98.0

*Bold indicates insecticides that are effective against Ae. aegypti mosquitoes as defined by the World Health Organization (susceptible as >98% mortality, partially resistant as 90%–97% mortality, and resistant as <90% mortality) (12). Blank cells indicate insecticide resistance assays for thos insecticides with those mosquitoes (from the corresponding geographic areas) were not done.