Pyrethroid resistance in southern African Anopheles funestus extends to Likoma Island in Lake Malawi

Parasites & Vectors

Table 2 Insecticide susceptibility tests carried out on 1-5 day old female progeny of An. funestus from Likoma Island.

	Total	No. dead	No. alive	% Mortality
0.05% Deltamethrin	174	72	102	41.4
0.75% Permethrin	146	59	87	40.4
0.1% Bendiocarb	141	74	67	52.5
0.1% Propoxur	54	4	50	7.4
5% Malathion	126	126	0	100
1% Fenitrothion	103	103	0	100
0.9% Pirimiphos methyl	99	98	1	98.9
4% DDT	155	155	0	100
4% Dieldrin	137	137	0	100
Controls	137	0	137	0

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