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Table 4 Mean % mortality of Anopheles species that were tested against the four classes of insecticides using WHO insecticide susceptibility tests between 1994 and 2015, in Kenya

From: Current status of insecticide resistance among malaria vectors in Kenya

 

Pyrethroids

Organophosphates

Carbamates

Organochlorines

Alphacypermethrin

Permethrin

Deltamethrin

Lambda-cyhalothrin

Etofenprox

Fenitrothion

Malathion

Bendiocarb

Propoxur

DDT

Central

An. arabiensis

100

99.6

100

100

100

An. gambiae (s.l.)

55.4

74.2

98.4

An. funestus (s.l.)

93.6

100

100

Coastal

An. arabiensis

100

100

97

97.7

100

An. gambiae (s.s.)

97.3

98.7

100

100

An. gambiae (s.l.)

92.5

91.3

96.5

98.9

98.8

99.7

An. funestus (s.l.)

91.1

86.2

Western

An. arabiensis

83

66

79.9

53.5

82.3

100

99.9

98.3

100

99.8

An. gambiae (s.s.)

59.9

68.2

100

100

95.2

95

54.1

An. gambiae (s.l.)

70.2

73.8

70.4

55.5

100

99.7

100

67.9

An. funestus (s.s.)

a

28.9

72.9

100

100

94.4

An. funestus (s.l.)

99.7

43.5

100

100

100

100

  1. a“–”, test not done
  2. WHO criteria for resistance status applied: < 90%, high; 90–97%, moderate; 98–100%, susceptible