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Susceptibility to Insecticides and Natural Infection in Aedes aegypti: An Initiative to Improve the Mosquito Control Actions in Boyacá, Colombia Cover

Susceptibility to Insecticides and Natural Infection in Aedes aegypti: An Initiative to Improve the Mosquito Control Actions in Boyacá, Colombia

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|Aug 2020

Figures & Tables

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Figure 1

Geographic location of the municipality of Moniquirá (area highlighted in red on the main map), department of Boyacá.

Table 1

Resistance profile to lambda-cyhalothrin of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes from Moniquirá, Boyacá, Colombia.

Doses (ppm)N° larvaeDeath Larvae/totalMortality (%)
0.001882035/18019.44
0.003752073/18040.55
0.0075020143/18079.44
0.0150020168/18093.33
0.0300020177/18098.33
0.0600020179/18099.44

[i] LD50: 0,004124 Lim(0,002–0,006); LD90: 0,013 Lim(0,013–0,016).

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Figure 2

Susceptibility of adults of Moniquirá A. aegypti strain to malathion insecticide. On the left “y” axis the adult mortality for malathion is shown at a diagnostic dose and time of 50 μg/mL and 30 minutes, respectively.

Table 2

Allele and genotype frequencies and associated P values for chi-squared tests for deviation from Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium of sodium channel mutations in Aedes aegypti from Moniquirá, Boyacá; Colombia.

MutationnAllelic frequencyGenotypeHardy-Weinberg equilibrium analysis
WildMutatedWild HomozygousHeterozygousMutated homozygousHoHeX2P
419360.610.390.330.560.110.560.480.02850.48
1016340.600.400.320.560.120.560.480.02790.41
1558360.060.940.000.110.890.110.100.00351.00
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Figure 3

Identification of arboviruses in A. aegypti from Moniquirá. A. 2.5% agarose gel electrophoresis of the RT-PCR products visualized using the intercalating ethidium bromide. Positive controls D1: DENV-1 (169 bp), D2: DENV-2 (362 bp), D3: DENV-3 (265 bp), D4: DENV-4 (426 bp), Z: ZIKV (192 bp), C: CHIKV (294 bp). Line 1–9: Pools of A. aegypti. M: 100 bp molecular weight marker. B. Confirmation of infection with dengue virus DENV-1. Agarose gel electrophoresis at 2.5% of the species-specific RT-PCR products visualized with the intercalator ethidium bromide. C–: Negative control, 1–3, 5, and 8: pools of A. aegypti. D1: positive control DENV-1 (169 bp). M: 100 bp molecular weight marker.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/aogh.2805 | Journal eISSN: 2214-9996
Language: English
Published on: Aug 6, 2020
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

© 2020 Omar Cantillo-Barraza, Manuel Medina, Yurany Granada, Camilo Muñoz, Cesar Valverde, Fernando Cely, Paola González, Yovanny Mendoza, Sara Zuluaga, Omar Triana-Chavez, published by Ubiquity Press
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