CAYMAN

Colony Name

Cayman

Species

Aedes aegypti

Geographical Origin

Grand Cayman Island, Caribbean

Colonisation

• Reared in Liverpool since 2008
• Egg paper provided by Dr Angela Harris from the Mosquito Research & Control Unit.

Resistance phenotype 2022

(WHO tube test)

Permethrin (PY): resistant

Deltamethrin (PY): resistant

DDT (OC): resistant

Dieldrin (OC): resistant

Propoxur (CB): resistant

Fenitrothion (OP): susceptible

Resistance genotype

Target-site mutations: Yes

Metabolic resistance: Yes

Selection Procedure

(WHO tube test)

1h exposure to 0.75% permethrin