Culex quinquefasciatus - Muheza

Culex quinquefasciatus - Muheza

Colony Name

Muheza

Species

Culex Quinquefasciatus

Country of Origin

Muheza, Tanzania                    

Liverpool Colony established (year)

2016

Phenotypic characteristics

Resistant to pyrethroids but susceptible to organophosphates (OPs) and carbamates

Source of colonisation from

 

Colonised by London School of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene in 1997

 

Selection Procedure

 

Adults selected with 1hour exposure to 0.75 % permethrin

 

Genotypic characteristics

No kdr mutations previously detected.

Metabolic resistance mechanisms reported (LSHTM).

Profiling Data

24 hour % mortality after 1hour exposure to Discriminating Dose

 MUHEZA DATA PROFILING