• African health sciences · Mar 2018

    First studies showing high temephos resistance in Anopheles labranchiae (Diptera: Culicidae) from Tunisia.

    • Ahmed Tabbabi and Jabeur Daaboub.
    • Department of Hygiene and Environmental Protection, Ministry of Public Health, Tunis, Tunisia.
    • Afr Health Sci. 2018 Mar 1; 18 (1): 414741-47.

    BackgroundDespite the public health importance of Anopheles (An.) labranchiae, their resistance status to temephos insecticide has not, to our knowledge, been explored.ObjectivesThe present study was carried out to determine the temephos resistance status of field populations of An. labranchiae from Tunisia.MethodsSix field populations of An. labranchiae were collected as larvae from breeding sites of Northern and Central Tunisia. All the tests were carried out according to the WHO method.ResultsResults reported that the majority of field populations showed low and medium resistance ratios (6.2ConclusionThe resistance ratios of this species were higher than recorded in other countries. Biochemical and molecular studies would be of great importance to identify the mechanisms involved in the recorded resistance to temephos.

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