MUHEZA

Colony Name

Muheza

Species

Culex quinquefasciatus

Geographical Origin

Tanzania, Muheza

Colonisation

• Reared in Liverpool since 2016
• Originally colonised by the London School of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene in 1997.

Resistance phenotype 2023

(WHO tube test)

Permethrin (PY): resistant

Deltamethrin (PY): resistant

DDT (OC): resistant

Dieldrin (OC): susceptible

Propoxur (CB): possible resistance

Fenitrothion (OP): susceptible

Resistance genotype

Target-site mutations: No

Metabolic resistance: Yes