Table 3 Aedes albopictus and Ae. aegypti mosquitoes strains.

From: Variation in the susceptibility of urban Aedes mosquitoes infected with a densovirus

Species

Strains

Origin

Lab colonization

Status

Ae. aegypti

BB

French Polynesia

1980

Susceptiblea

SBE

Benin

2008

Susceptiblea

LHP

Vietnam

1997

Resistantb (kdr)

Ae. albopictus

MTP

France

2016

Susceptiblea

LR

Overseas France

2016

Resistantb,c

  1. BB Bora Bora, SBE Bénin, LHP Long-Hoà, MTP Montpellier, LR La Réunion.
  2. aSusceptible to all insecticides class.
  3. bResistant to pyrethroids, the main insecticide class used for Aedes vector control, kdr: knockdown resistance.
  4. cThe characterization of molecular and metabolic mechanisms of insecticide resistance is underway.
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