Current Status of the Insecticide Resistance in Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) from Mexico
( Insecticides Resistance )
Publication series ： Insecticides Resistance
Author： Adriana E. Flores-Suarez Gustavo Ponce-Garcia Beatriz Lopez-Monroy Olga Karina Villanueva-Segura
Publisher： IntechOpen
Publication year： 2016
E-ISBN: INT6047861526
P-ISBN(Paperback): 9789535122586
P-ISBN(Hardback): 9789535122586
Subject： S4 Plant Protection
Keyword： 植物保护
Language： ENG
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Current Status of the Insecticide Resistance in Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) from Mexico
Description
The mosquito Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) is the primary vector of dengue in Mexico and lately virus Chikungunya, although Aedes albopictus is widely distributed; its role in both diseases’ transmission has not been confirmed. The control of mosquitoes in Mexico includes source reduction consisting in the elimination of containers that are favorable sites for oviposition and development of the aquatic stage. The use of insecticides is to control larvae and adulticides as outdoor ultra-low volume applications and indoor residual spray and more recently impregnated materials. The health department regulates the use of insecticides, and such regulations are revised and adapted over time. Since 1999, the vector control regulations gave preference to the use of pyrethroids, a permethrin-based formulation to control adult forms. This insecticide was used as the only adulticide in Mexico for more than 10 years. The consequences of this actions have evolved in a widespread and strong resistance to other insecticides, mainly pyrethroids. We include in this revision evidence of resistance reported in Ae. aegypti in Mexico.
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