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Table 2 Amount of temephos sand granules (1%) utilized in Ceará for controlling Aedes aegypti larvae.

From: Insecticide resistance in Aedes aegypti populations from Ceará, Brazil

   

Resistance ratio to

temephos (RR95)

Populations

Number of houses

treated with temephos

(2002 to 2009)

Use of temephos

from 2002 to 2009

(Kg)

(2003)**

(2009)

Crato

1059.507

60352.7

9.0

192.7

Barbalha

447.043

29219.0

7.5

30.0

Juazeiro do Norte

2093.937

0*

10.4

7.2

  1. * In this period temephos was substituted by Bacillus thuringienis israelensis (Bti).
  2. ** Resistance ratio evaluated by Lima et al., (2006).