Insecticide susceptibility of Aedes (Stegomyia) aegypti (Linnaeus, 1762) and Aedes (Stegomyia) albopictus (Skuse, 1894) in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
F. C. Z. Vulu, G. Ilombe, L. Vizcaino, J. Mariën, Y. Morimoto, D. Weetman, A. Lenhart, S. R. Irish, T. Bobanga
This study assesses insecticide susceptibility and kdr mutations in Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus in Kinshasa, finding resistance to deltamethrin and DDT in both species and the V410L kdr mutation in Ae. aegypti.
bioRxiv · Nov 8, 2021 · PreprintEcology