Use of alternative bioassays to explore the impact of pyrethroid resistance on LLIN efficacy

Parasites & Vectors

Table 1 Strain characterization

Species	Strain	Origin	Date colonized	Resistance intensity to deltamethrin	Mortality (%)^a
An. arabiensis	KGB	Kanyemba, Zimbabwe	1975	Susceptible reference	–
An. funestus	FANG	Calueque, Angola	2002	Susceptible reference	–
An. arabiensis	SENN	Sennar, Sudan	1980	Susceptible	> 98
An. arabiensis	SENN-DDT	Sennar, Sudan	Selected since 1995	1×	54
An. gambiae	TONGS	Tongon, Côte DʼIvoire	2010	1×	91
An. funestus	FUMOZ	Maputo, Mozambique	2000	5×	8
An. funestus	FUMOZ-R	Maputo, Mozambique	2001	10×	4

Resistance intensity to the pyrethroid deltamethrin was previously measured under standard laboratory conditions with the WHO tube assays [34]
^a24 h post-exposure to 1× diagnostic dose of deltamethrin

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