Blood-sucking mosquitoes: some aspects of insecticide resistance

Abstract

The modern data of the world scientific literature on resistance to a wide range of insecticides from different chemical groups, concerning natural populations of the most epidemiologically significant species of blood-sucking mosquitoes belonging to the three genera Aedes, Culex, Anopheles, are presented. Most studies are carried out according to the recommendations of the World Health Organization method ("bottle test"). The distribution of resistance is patchy across regions and may vary within a country. A number of genetic mutations responsible for the development of resistance have been described. Keywords: blood-sucking mosquitoes, resistance, insecticides, mosquito Vectors,