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Table 1 Percentage mortality in field samples of Aedes aegypti 24 hours after exposure to insecticide-impregnated papers and correspondence with knockdown time (KdT) using WHO test tubes

From: Insecticide susceptibility of Aedes aegypti populations from Senegal and Cape Verde Archipelago

Insecticides (diagnostic dose)

Cape Verde strain

Dakar strain

N

Mortality (%)

KDT50(min)

KDT95(min)

Resistance status

N

Mortality (%)

KDT50(min)

KDT95(min)

Resistance status

DDT (4%)

231

33.3

78.8

288.7

R

214

24.4

-

-

R

Propoxur (0.1%)

233

87.2

23.5

38.8

RPC

228

87.2

23.9

73.9

RPC

Fenitrothion (1%)

123

100

-

-

S

125

99.1

-

-

S

Deltamethrin (0.05%)

228

100

9.6

27

S

189

94.5

15.7

30.3

RPC

Lambda-Cyhalothrin (0.05%)

125

100

14.5

26.9

S

125

81.6

18.6

34.2

RPC

Permethrin (0.75%)

123

100

7.2

21.8

S

125

100

11.3

20.5

S

  1. N=number of specimens tested; S=susceptible: R=resistant; RPC=resistance possible to be confirmed.