Infectious Diseases of Poverty

Table 4 Resistance status of Ae. aegypti larvae from Guadeloupe and Saint Martin, compared to the reference Bora Bora strain, to malathion and temephos

From: Levels of insecticide resistance to deltamethrin, malathion, and temephos, and associated mechanisms in Aedes aegypti mosquitoes from the Guadeloupe and Saint Martin islands (French West Indies)

Population	Temephos						Malathion
Population	LC₅₀ (mg/L)	LC₅₀ 95% CI	RR₅₀	LC₉₅ (mg/L)	LC₉₅ 95% CI	RR₉₅	LC₅₀ (mg/L)	LC₅₀ 95% CI	RR₅₀	LC₉₅ (mg/L)	LC₉₅ 95% CI	RR₉₅
ABY	0.265	0.237–0.302	33.125	0.529	0.461–0.632	37.786	0.285	0.265–0.307	4.385	0.464	0.429–0.510	3.899
SF	0.123	0.111–0.136	15.375	0.233	0.211–0.262	16.643	0.168	0.155–0.183	2.585	0.278	0.253–0.314	2.336
BM	0.233	0.211–0.259	29.125	0.450	0.402–0.519	32.143	0.277	0.256–0.299	4.262	0.465	0.428–0.515	3.908
SXM (West)	0.071	0.062–0.081	8.875	0.160	0.143–0.183	11.429	0.203	0.187–0.221	3.123	0.354	0.324–0.395	2.975
SXM (East)	0.128	0.112–0.144	16.000	0.303	0.273–0.345	21.643	0.239	0.219–0.262	3.677	0.449	0.409–0.502	3.773
AB	0.132	0.115–0.152	16.500	0.557	0.440–0.763	39.786	0.111	0.101–0.122	1.708	0.260	0.227–0.313	2.185
DH	0.151	0.132–0.172	18.875	0.555	0.442–0.758	39.643	0.109	0.099–0.119	1.677	0.238	0.208–0.284	2.000
Bora Bora	0.008	0.008–0.009	1.000	0.014	0.012–0.017	1.000	0.065	0.061–0.068	1.000	0.119	0.108–0.135	1.000

LC ₅₀ lethal concentration for 50% of individuals, RR ₅₀ resistance ratio between field samples and the Bora Bora strain, LC ₉₅ lethal concentration to 95% of individuals, RR ₉₅ resistance ratio between field samples and Bora Bora strain, ABY Les Abymes, SF Saint-François, BM Baie-Mahault, SXM Saint-Martin, AB Anse-Bertrand, DH Deshaies

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