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Davila-Barboza JA, Gutierrez-Rodriguez SM, Juache-Villagrana AE, Lopez-Monroy B, Flores AE. Widespread Resistance to Temephos in Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) from Mexico. Insects 2024; 15:120. [PMID: 38392539 PMCID: PMC10889149 DOI: 10.3390/insects15020120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2024] [Revised: 02/03/2024] [Accepted: 02/05/2024] [Indexed: 02/24/2024]
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Organic synthetic insecticides continue to be part of the arsenal for combating vector-borne diseases in Mexico. Larvicides are a fundamental part of the process in programs for mosquito control, temephos being one of the most widely used in Mexico. In the present study, we analyzed the frequency of temephos resistance in twenty-three Aedes aegypti populations using the discriminating concentration (DC) of 0.012 mg/L. We also tested 5× DC (0.6 mg/L) and 10× DC (0.12 mg/L) of temephos. The resistance distribution to temephos was interpolated to unsampled sites using the inverse distance weighting (IDW) method. The populations of Ae. aegypti showed a high frequency of resistance (1× DC) with mortality rates below 93% in 22 of the 23 populations analyzed. Moderate resistance intensity (5× DC) was found in 78% of the populations, and high intensity (10× DC) in 30%. Predicted mortality was below 60% in the populations of the Pacific Coast, along the Gulf of Mexico, and in the state of Coahuila in Northeastern Mexico in relation to 1× DC; the Pacific Coast and Northeast patterns hold for 5× and 10× DC. The results suggest the need for rotation of the larvicide to effectively control the larval populations of the vector in the country.
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- Jesus A Davila-Barboza
- Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas, Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Av. Universidad s/n Cd. Universitaria, San Nicolas de los Garza 66455, Mexico
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- Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas, Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Av. Universidad s/n Cd. Universitaria, San Nicolas de los Garza 66455, Mexico
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- Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas, Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Av. Universidad s/n Cd. Universitaria, San Nicolas de los Garza 66455, Mexico
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- Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas, Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Av. Universidad s/n Cd. Universitaria, San Nicolas de los Garza 66455, Mexico
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- Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas, Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Av. Universidad s/n Cd. Universitaria, San Nicolas de los Garza 66455, Mexico
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Maestre-Serrano R, Flórez-Rivadeneira Z, Castro-Camacho JM, Ochoa-Bohórquez L, Gómez-Camargo D, Pareja-Loaiza P, Ponce-García G, Flores AE. Evaluation of susceptibility to organophosphates in populations of Aedes aegypti in La Guajira, Colombia. Biomedica 2023; 43:296-304. [PMID: 37433166 PMCID: PMC10549234 DOI: 10.7705/biomedica.6677] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2022] [Accepted: 04/18/2023] [Indexed: 07/13/2023]
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Introduction. Dengue is a public health problem in La Guajira region. Control has focused on the vector using insecticides, including organophosphates. Objective. To evaluate the state of susceptibility to organophosphates insecticides in fifteen Aedes aegypti (L.) populations in La Guajira, Colombia. Materials and methods. We collected samples of third-instar larvae and adult mosquitoes of Ae. aegypti in the municipalities of Albania, Barrancas, Dibulla, Distracción, El Molino, Fonseca, Hatonuevo, La Jagua del Pilar, Maicao, Manaure, Riohacha, San Juan del Cesar, Uribia, Urumita, Villanueva. Bioassays for temefos, malathion, and pirimiphos-methyl were carried out following the methodology of the World Health Organization, and the bottle technique using the guidance of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Susceptibility to temefos was determined through the resistance ratio between lethal concentration 50 and lethal concentration 95; for the compounds temefos, malathion and pirimiphos-methyl, susceptibility was calculated using diagnostic dose and diagnostic time in the populations evaluated. Rockefeller susceptible strain was used as a control. Results: All evaluated populations of Ae. aegypti from La Guajira were found to be susceptible to temefos (ratio resistance to CL50<5.0; ratio resistance to CL95<5.0; 98 - 100 % mortality); pirimiphosmethyl (99 - 100 % mortality), and malathion (100 % mortality). Conclusion. Based on the results, the use of temefos, malathion, and pirimiphosmethyl is feasible for the control of Ae. aegypti in the evaluated populations.
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- Ronald Maestre-Serrano
- Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Libre Seccional Barranquilla, Barranquilla, ColombiaFacultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Libre, seccional Barranquilla, Barranquilla, Colombia.
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- Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Libre, seccional Barranquilla, Barranquilla, Colombia; Secretaría de Salud Departamental, Gobernación de La Guajira, Riohacha, Colombia.
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- Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Libre, seccional Barranquilla, Barranquilla, Colombia.
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- Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Cartagena, Cartagena de Indias, Colombia.
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- Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Simón Bolívar, Barranquilla, Colombia.
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- Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, San Nicolás de los Garza, México; † Autor fallecido.
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- Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, San Nicolás de los Garza, México.
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Juache-Villagrana AE, Ponce-Garcia G, Gonzalez-Escandon MDJ, Vazquez-Dominguez IF, Castro-Bautista AG, Lopez-Monroy B, Rodriguez-Sanchez IP, Ojeda MGA, Flores AE. Status of Acaricide Resistance and Detecting the Knockdown Resistance Mutation T2134A in the Cattle Tick Rhipicephalus microplus (Acari: Ixodidae) from Northeastern Mexico. J Am Mosq Control Assoc 2023; 39:122-128. [PMID: 37364181 DOI: 10.2987/23-7113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/28/2023]
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Rhipicephalus microplus is the most important tick in veterinary medicine, given its repercussions on animal production. The principal strategy to avoid adverse effects associated with R. microplus is the chemical control of tick populations through organosynthetic acaricides. Therefore, monitoring susceptibility to acaricides is paramount in any control program. This study aimed to analyze the resistance status of 2 populations of R. microplus from northeastern Mexico to the organochlorine (OC) lindane, organophosphates (OP) coumaphos, chlorfenvinphos, diazinon, and chlorpyrifos, and the synthetic pyrethroids (SPs) flumethrin, deltamethrin, and cypermethrin. Discriminating doses (DD) of each acaricide were used in the larval packet bioassay (LPT). Additionally, the presence of the knockdown resistance (kdr) mutation T2134A associated with pyrethroid resistance was evaluated using allele-specific polymerase chain reaction (PCR). The populations of R. microplus showed a high frequency of resistance to SP, with mortality rates of less than 5%; they also showed resistance to the OPs (diazinon and chlorpyrifos) with mortality rates ranging from 1.29% to 34.62%; meanwhile, they were susceptible to coumaphos and chlorfenvinphos. Mortality rates higher than 66% were observed for lindane, indicating susceptibility. The mutant allele of the kdr mutation T2134A was detected in 75% and 100% of the pools analyzed. The populations studied presented a highly resistant profile to pyrethroids, with the presence of the kdr mutant allele A2134. The susceptibility to the organophosphates such as coumaphos and chlorfenvinphos of R. microplus from northeastern Mexico should be noted.
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Corbel V, Kont MD, Ahumada ML, Andréo L, Bayili B, Bayili K, Brooke B, Pinto Caballero JA, Lambert B, Churcher TS, Duchon S, Etang J, Flores AE, Gunasekaran K, Juntarajumnong W, Kirby M, Davies R, Lees RS, Lenhart A, Lima JBP, Martins AJ, Müller P, N’Guessan R, Ngufor C, Praulins G, Quinones M, Raghavendra K, Verma V, Rus AC, Samuel M, Ying KS, Sungvornyothin S, Uragayala S, Velayudhan R, Yadav RS. A new WHO bottle bioassay method to assess the susceptibility of mosquito vectors to public health insecticides: results from a WHO-coordinated multi-centre study. Parasit Vectors 2023; 16:21. [PMID: 36670470 PMCID: PMC9863080 DOI: 10.1186/s13071-022-05554-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2022] [Accepted: 10/24/2022] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND The continued spread of insecticide resistance in mosquito vectors of malaria and arboviral diseases may lead to operational failure of insecticide-based interventions if resistance is not monitored and managed efficiently. This study aimed to develop and validate a new WHO glass bottle bioassay method as an alternative to the WHO standard insecticide tube test to monitor mosquito susceptibility to new public health insecticides with particular modes of action, physical properties or both. METHODS A multi-centre study involving 21 laboratories worldwide generated data on the susceptibility of seven mosquito species (Aedes aegypti, Aedes albopictus, Anopheles gambiae sensu stricto [An. gambiae s.s.], Anopheles funestus, Anopheles stephensi, Anopheles minimus and Anopheles albimanus) to seven public health insecticides in five classes, including pyrethroids (metofluthrin, prallethrin and transfluthrin), neonicotinoids (clothianidin), pyrroles (chlorfenapyr), juvenile hormone mimics (pyriproxyfen) and butenolides (flupyradifurone), in glass bottle assays. The data were analysed using a Bayesian binomial model to determine the concentration-response curves for each insecticide-species combination and to assess the within-bioassay variability in the susceptibility endpoints, namely the concentration that kills 50% and 99% of the test population (LC50 and LC99, respectively) and the concentration that inhibits oviposition of the test population by 50% and 99% (OI50 and OI99), to measure mortality and the sterilizing effect, respectively. RESULTS Overall, about 200,000 mosquitoes were tested with the new bottle bioassay, and LC50/LC99 or OI50/OI99 values were determined for all insecticides. Variation was seen between laboratories in estimates for some mosquito species-insecticide combinations, while other test results were consistent. The variation was generally greater with transfluthrin and flupyradifurone than with the other compounds tested, especially against Anopheles species. Overall, the mean within-bioassay variability in mortality and oviposition inhibition were < 10% for most mosquito species-insecticide combinations. CONCLUSION Our findings, based on the largest susceptibility dataset ever produced on mosquitoes, showed that the new WHO bottle bioassay is adequate for evaluating mosquito susceptibility to new and promising public health insecticides currently deployed for vector control. The datasets presented in this study have been used recently by the WHO to establish 17 new insecticide discriminating concentrations (DCs) for either Aedes spp. or Anopheles spp. The bottle bioassay and DCs can now be widely used to monitor baseline insecticide susceptibility of wild populations of vectors of malaria and Aedes-borne diseases worldwide.
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- Vincent Corbel
- Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), MIVEGEC, CNRS, IRD, Université de Montpellier, 911 Av Agropolis, 34 394, Montpellier, France. .,Laboratório de Fisiologia E Controle de Artrópodes Vetores (Laficave), Instituto Oswaldo Cruz (IOC), Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ), Avenida Brasil, 4365 Manguinhos, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 21040-360, Brazil.
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- grid.7445.20000 0001 2113 8111MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College London (ICL), Norfolk Place, London, W2 1PG UK
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- grid.419226.a0000 0004 0614 5067Grupo de Entomología, Instituto Nacional de Salud, Avenida calle 26 No. 51-20—Zona 6 CAN, 111321 Bogotá D.C., Colombia
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- grid.121334.60000 0001 2097 0141Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), MIVEGEC, CNRS, IRD, Université de Montpellier, 911 Av Agropolis, 34 394 Montpellier, France
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- grid.457337.10000 0004 0564 0509Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé (IRSS), 399 Avenue de la liberte., 01 BP 545, Bobo-Dioulasso 01, Burkina Faso
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- grid.457337.10000 0004 0564 0509Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé (IRSS), 399 Avenue de la liberte., 01 BP 545, Bobo-Dioulasso 01, Burkina Faso
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- grid.11951.3d0000 0004 1937 1135Centre for Emerging Zoonotic and Parasitic Diseases, National Institute for Communicable Diseases/NHLS and Wits Research Institute for Malaria, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
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- grid.419228.40000 0004 0636 549XLaboratorio de Referencia Nacional de Entomología (LRNE), Centro Nacional de Salud Pública, Instituto Nacional de Salud, Av. Defensores del Morro 2268 (Ex Huaylas) Chorrillos, Lima 9-(511) 748-0000, Anexo 1548, Lima, Peru
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- grid.8391.30000 0004 1936 8024Department of Mathematics, University of Exeter, North Park Rd, Exeter, EX4 4QF UK
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- grid.7445.20000 0001 2113 8111MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College London (ICL), Norfolk Place, London, W2 1PG UK
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- grid.121334.60000 0001 2097 0141Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), MIVEGEC, CNRS, IRD, Université de Montpellier, 911 Av Agropolis, 34 394 Montpellier, France
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- grid.419910.40000 0001 0658 9918Laboratoire de Recherche sur le Paludisme, Institut de Recherche de Yaoundé (IRY)–Organisation de Coordination pour la lutte contre les Endémies en Afrique Centrale (OCEAC), BP 288, Yaoundé, Cameroun ,grid.413096.90000 0001 2107 607XDepartment of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Douala, P.O. Box 2701, Douala, Cameroon
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- grid.411455.00000 0001 2203 0321Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas, Laboratorio de Entomologia Medica, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León (UANL), Av. Universidad S/N Ciudad Universitaria, 66455 San Nicolas de los Garza, NL Mexico
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- grid.417267.10000 0004 0505 5019Indian Council of Medical Research-Vector Control Research Centre (VCRC), Indira Nagar, Puducherry, 605006 India
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- grid.9723.f0000 0001 0944 049XDepartment of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, Kasetsart University (KU), 50 Ngam Wong Wan Rd., Lat Yao, Chatuchak, Bangkok, 10900 Thailand
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- grid.415218.b0000 0004 0648 072XKilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre (KCMC), Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College–The Pan African Malaria Vector Research Consortium (KCMUCo-PAMVERC), Off Sokoine Road, PO Box 2228, Moshi, Kilimanjaro Tanzania ,grid.8991.90000 0004 0425 469XLondon School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), Keppel Street, London, WC1E 7HT UK
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- grid.48004.380000 0004 1936 9764Vector Biology Department, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM), Pembroke Place, Liverpool, L3 5QA UK
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- grid.48004.380000 0004 1936 9764Vector Biology Department, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM), Pembroke Place, Liverpool, L3 5QA UK
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- grid.416738.f0000 0001 2163 0069Entomology Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 1600 Clifton Rd, Atlanta, GA 30329 USA
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- grid.418068.30000 0001 0723 0931Laboratório de Fisiologia E Controle de Artrópodes Vetores (Laficave), Instituto Oswaldo Cruz (IOC), Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ), Avenida Brasil, 4365 Manguinhos, Rio de Janeiro, RJ 21040-360 Brazil
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- grid.418068.30000 0001 0723 0931Laboratório de Fisiologia E Controle de Artrópodes Vetores (Laficave), Instituto Oswaldo Cruz (IOC), Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ), Avenida Brasil, 4365 Manguinhos, Rio de Janeiro, RJ 21040-360 Brazil
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- grid.416786.a0000 0004 0587 0574Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH), Kreuzstrasse 2, 4312 Allschwil, Switzerland ,grid.6612.30000 0004 1937 0642University of Basel, Petersplatz 1, PO Box 4001, Basel, Switzerland
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- grid.8991.90000 0004 0425 469XLondon School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), Keppel Street, London, WC1E 7HT UK ,grid.452477.70000 0005 0181 5559Face Ecole des Infirmiers, Institut Pierre Richet (IPR), Institut National de Santé Publique (INSP), 01 BP 1500 Bouaké, Côte d’Ivoire
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- grid.8991.90000 0004 0425 469XLondon School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), Keppel Street, London, WC1E 7HT UK ,grid.463453.3Centres de Recherches Entomologiques de Cotonou (CREC), Ministère de la santé du Bénin, BP 2604, Cotonou, Benin
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- grid.48004.380000 0004 1936 9764Vector Biology Department, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM), Pembroke Place, Liverpool, L3 5QA UK
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- grid.10689.360000 0001 0286 3748Public Health Department, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogota, Colombia
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- grid.419641.f0000 0000 9285 6594Indian Council of Medical Research-National Institute of Malaria Research (NIMR), Sector-8, Dwarka, New Delhi 110077 India
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- grid.419641.f0000 0000 9285 6594Indian Council of Medical Research-National Institute of Malaria Research (NIMR), Sector-8, Dwarka, New Delhi 110077 India
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- grid.11875.3a0000 0001 2294 3534Vector Control Research Unit (VCRU), School of Biological Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia
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- grid.11951.3d0000 0004 1937 1135Centre for Emerging Zoonotic and Parasitic Diseases, National Institute for Communicable Diseases/NHLS and Wits Research Institute for Malaria, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
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- grid.452367.10000 0004 0392 4620Environmental Health Institute (EHI), National Environmental Agency (NEA), 11 Biopolis Way, #06-05/08 Helios Block, Singapore, 138667 Singapore
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- grid.10223.320000 0004 1937 0490Department of Medical Entomology, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University (MU), 420/6 Ratchawithi Road, Ratchathewi, Bangkok, 10400 Thailand
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- grid.19096.370000 0004 1767 225XField Unit, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)-National Institute of Malaria Research (NIMR), Poojanahalli, Kannamangla Post, Devanahalli Taluk, Bengaluru, 562110 India
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- grid.3575.40000000121633745Vector Control, Veterinary Public Health and Environment Unit, Department of Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases, World Health Organization, 20 Avenue Appia, 1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland
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- grid.3575.40000000121633745Vector Control, Veterinary Public Health and Environment Unit, Department of Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases, World Health Organization, 20 Avenue Appia, 1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland
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Maestre-Serrano R, Flórez-Rivadeneira Z, Castro-Camacho JM, Soto-Arenilla E, Gómez-Camargo D, Pareja-Loaiza P, Ponce-Garcia G, Juache-Villagrana AE, Flores AE. Spatial Distribution of Pyrethroid Resistance and kdr Mutations in Aedes aegypti from La Guajira, Colombia. Insects 2022; 14:insects14010031. [PMID: 36661959 PMCID: PMC9866231 DOI: 10.3390/insects14010031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2022] [Revised: 12/24/2022] [Accepted: 12/26/2022] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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Dengue, chikungunya, and Zika are of great concern to the public health of Colombia. One of the main control strategies for these diseases is the application of insecticides directed at the Aedes aegypti vector. However, insecticide resistance has been increasingly recorded in the country, making control measures difficult. Here, we evaluated the resistance profiles for pyrethroids in populations of Ae. aegypti from La Guajira, Colombia. The frequency (diagnostic dose, DD) and intensity (2×, 5×, and 10× DD) of resistance to permethrin, deltamethrin, and lambda-cyhalothrin were determined in 15 populations of Ae. aegypti from La Guajira, Colombia, using the bottle bioassay. The kdr mutations V1016I, F1534C, and V410L, were identified, and their allele and genotype frequencies were calculated. Finally, the mortality values for the analyzed pyrethroids were interpolated following the IDW method for predicting pyrethroid resistance. The populations of Ae. aegypti showed a high frequency of resistance to permethrin with a low to moderate intensity, which was associated with the triple-resistant haplotype LL410/II1016/CC1534. They remain susceptible to deltamethrin and, in some populations, expressed the risk of developing resistance to lambda-cyhalothrin.
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- Ronald Maestre-Serrano
- Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Libre Seccional Barranquilla, Km 7 Antigua Via Puerto Colombia, Barranquilla 080001, Colombia
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- Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Libre Seccional Barranquilla, Km 7 Antigua Via Puerto Colombia, Barranquilla 080001, Colombia
- Secretaria de Salud Departamental, Gobernacion de La Guajira, Calle 12 # 8-19, Riohacha 440001, Colombia
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- Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Libre Seccional Barranquilla, Km 7 Antigua Via Puerto Colombia, Barranquilla 080001, Colombia
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- Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Libre Seccional Barranquilla, Km 7 Antigua Via Puerto Colombia, Barranquilla 080001, Colombia
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- Facultad de Medicina—Sede Zaragocilla, Universidad de Cartagena, Calle 30 N° 48-152, Cartagena de Indias 130001, Colombia
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- Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Simon Bolivar, Carrera 59 No. 59-92, Barranquilla 080002, Colombia
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- Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas, Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Av. Universidad s/n Cd. Universitaria, San Nicolas de los Garza, NL 66455, Mexico
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- Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas, Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Av. Universidad s/n Cd. Universitaria, San Nicolas de los Garza, NL 66455, Mexico
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- Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas, Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Av. Universidad s/n Cd. Universitaria, San Nicolas de los Garza, NL 66455, Mexico
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Maestre-Serrano R, Lara-Cobos J, Ochoa-Bohorquez L, Sarmiento-Rangel J, Olmos-Castro J, Gomez-Camargo D, Ponce-Garcia G, Pareja-Loaiza P, Flores AE. Susceptibility to Organophosphates in Culex quinquefasciatus from Colombia. J Am Mosq Control Assoc 2022; 38:226-229. [PMID: 35839258 DOI: 10.2987/22-7058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Susceptibility to organophosphates was evaluated in 2 populations of Culex quinquefasciatus from the department of Atlantico, Colombia. Bioassays for temephos, malathion, and pirimiphos-methyl were performed with 3rd-stage larvae and adult females of Cx. quinquefasciatus from the municipalities of Soledad and Puerto Colombia, following the methods of the World Health Organization and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, respectively. The median lethal concentration (LC50) and 90% lethal concentration (LC90) resistance ratios (RRLC50 and RRLC90) were determined for each insecticide in the field populations evaluated, using the Cartagena strain as the susceptible control. Relative to LC50 and LC90 of the Cartagena strain, the population from Puerto Colombia was moderately resistant to temephos (RRLC50 5.7-fold) and malathion (RRLC50 8.6-fold, RRLC90 9-fold) and susceptible to pirimiphos-methyl (RRLC50 and RRLC90 < 5-fold). The population from Soledad was susceptible to temephos and pirimiphos-methyl (RRLC50 and RRLC90 < 5-fold) and showed moderate resistance to malathion (RRLC50 7.5-fold). It is important to emphasize that routine monitoring of insecticide resistance in Cx. quinquefasciatus helps us detect resistance early and improve the effectiveness of control strategies.
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Gonzalez-Santillan FJ, Contreras-Perera Y, Davila-Barboza JA, Juache-Villagrana AE, Gutierrez-Rodriguez SM, Ponce-Garcia G, Lopez-Monroy B, Rodriguez-Sanchez IP, Lenhart AE, Mackenzie-Impoinvil L, Flores AE. Fitness Cost of Sequential Selection with Deltamethrin in Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae). J Med Entomol 2022; 59:930-939. [PMID: 35389486 DOI: 10.1093/jme/tjac032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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In Mexico, Aedes aegypti (L.) is the primary dengue vector, chikungunya, and Zika viruses. The continued use of synthetic pyrethroids has led to the development of resistance in target populations, which has diminished the effectiveness of vector control programs. Resistance has been associated with disadvantages that affect the biological parameters of resistant mosquitoes compared to susceptible ones. In the present study, the disadvantages were evaluated by parameters related to survival and reproduction ('fitness cost') after selection with deltamethrin for five generations. The parameters analyzed were the length of the development cycle, sex ratio, survival, longevity, fecundity, egg viability, preoviposition, oviposition and postoviposition periods, and growth parameters. In the deltamethrin-selected strain, there was a decrease in the development cycle duration, the percentage of pupae, the oviposition period, and eggs viability. Although mean daily fecundity was not affected after the selection process, this, together with the decrease in the survival and fecundity levels by specific age, significantly affected the gross reproductive rate (GRR), net reproductive rate (Ro), and intrinsic growth rate (rm) of the group selected for five generations with deltamethrin compared to the group without selection. Identifying the 'cost' of resistance in biological fitness represents an advantage if it is desired to limit the spread of resistant populations since the fitness cost is the less likely that resistant individuals will spread in the population. This represents an important factor to consider in designing integrated vector management programs.
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- Francisco J Gonzalez-Santillan
- Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas, Avenida Universidad s/n Ciudad Universitaria, San Nicolas de los Garza, NL 66455, Mexico
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- Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas, Avenida Universidad s/n Ciudad Universitaria, San Nicolas de los Garza, NL 66455, Mexico
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- Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas, Avenida Universidad s/n Ciudad Universitaria, San Nicolas de los Garza, NL 66455, Mexico
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- Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas, Avenida Universidad s/n Ciudad Universitaria, San Nicolas de los Garza, NL 66455, Mexico
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- Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas, Avenida Universidad s/n Ciudad Universitaria, San Nicolas de los Garza, NL 66455, Mexico
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- Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas, Avenida Universidad s/n Ciudad Universitaria, San Nicolas de los Garza, NL 66455, Mexico
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- Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas, Avenida Universidad s/n Ciudad Universitaria, San Nicolas de los Garza, NL 66455, Mexico
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- Entomology Branch, Division of Parasitic Disease and Malaria, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Entomology Branch, Division of Parasitic Disease and Malaria, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas, Avenida Universidad s/n Ciudad Universitaria, San Nicolas de los Garza, NL 66455, Mexico
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Manrique-Saide P, Herrera-Bojórquez J, Medina-Barreiro A, Trujillo-Peña E, Villegas-Chim J, Valadez-González N, Ahmed AMM, Delfín-González H, Palacio-Vargas J, Che-Mendoza A, Pavía-Ruz N, Flores AE, Vazquez-Prokopec G. Insecticide-treated house screening protects against Zika-infected Aedes aegypti in Merida, Mexico. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2021; 15:e0009005. [PMID: 33465098 PMCID: PMC7853519 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0009005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2020] [Revised: 02/02/2021] [Accepted: 11/20/2020] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Background The integration of house-screening and long-lasting insecticidal nets, known as insecticide-treated screening (ITS), can provide simple, safe, and low-tech Aedes aegypti control. Cluster randomised controlled trials in two endemic localities for Ae. aegypti of south Mexico, showed that ITS conferred both, immediate and sustained (~2 yr) impact on indoor-female Ae. aegypti infestations. Such encouraging results require further validation with studies quantifying more epidemiologically-related endpoints, including arbovirus infection in Ae. aegypti. We evaluated the efficacy of protecting houses with ITS on Ae. aegypti infestation and arbovirus infection during a Zika outbreak in Merida, Yucatan, Mexico. Methodology/Principal findings A two-arm cluster-randomised controlled trial evaluated the entomological efficacy of ITS compared to the absence of ITS (with both arms able to receive routine arbovirus vector control) in the neighbourhood Juan Pablo II of Merida. Cross-sectional entomological surveys quantified indoor adult mosquito infestation and arbovirus infection at baseline (pre-ITS installation) and throughout two post-intervention (PI) surveys spaced at 6-month intervals corresponding to dry/rainy seasons over one year (2016–2017). Household-surveys assessed the social reception of the intervention. Houses with ITS were 79–85% less infested with Aedes females than control houses up to one-year PI. A similar significant trend was observed for blood-fed Ae. aegypti females (76–82%). Houses with ITS had significantly less infected female Ae. aegypti than controls during the peak of the epidemic (OR = 0.15, 95%CI: 0.08–0.29), an effect that was significant up to a year PI (OR = 0.24, 0.15–0.39). Communities strongly accepted the intervention, due to its perceived mode of action, the prevalent risk for Aedes-borne diseases in the area, and the positive feedback from neighbours receiving ITS. Conclusions/Significance We show evidence of the protective efficacy of ITS against an arboviral disease of major relevance, and discuss the relevance of our findings for intervention adoption. We evaluated the efficacy of protecting houses with insecticide-treated nets permanently fixed with aluminium frames on external doors and windows on Ae. aegypti infestation and arbovirus infection during a Zika outbreak in Merida, Yucatan, Mexico. Houses protected with screens were ≈80% less infested with Aedes females and very importantly, had significantly less infected female Ae. aegypti during the peak of the epidemic. Communities strongly accepted the intervention, due to its perceived mode of action, the prevalent risk for Aedes-borne diseases in the area, and the positive feedback from neighbours. House screening provides a simple, affordable sustainable method to reduce human-vector contact inside houses and can protect against dengue, chikungunya and Zika.
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- Pablo Manrique-Saide
- Unidad Colaborativa para Bioensayos Entomologicos, Campus de Ciencias Biologicas y Agropecuarias, Universidad Autonoma de Yucatan, Merida, Yucatan, Mexico
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- Unidad Colaborativa para Bioensayos Entomologicos, Campus de Ciencias Biologicas y Agropecuarias, Universidad Autonoma de Yucatan, Merida, Yucatan, Mexico
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- Unidad Colaborativa para Bioensayos Entomologicos, Campus de Ciencias Biologicas y Agropecuarias, Universidad Autonoma de Yucatan, Merida, Yucatan, Mexico
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- Unidad Colaborativa para Bioensayos Entomologicos, Campus de Ciencias Biologicas y Agropecuarias, Universidad Autonoma de Yucatan, Merida, Yucatan, Mexico
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- Unidad Colaborativa para Bioensayos Entomologicos, Campus de Ciencias Biologicas y Agropecuarias, Universidad Autonoma de Yucatan, Merida, Yucatan, Mexico
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- Centro de Investigaciones Regionales, Unidad Biomédicas, Universidad Autonoma de Yucatan, Merida, Yucatan, Mexico
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- Unidad Colaborativa para Bioensayos Entomologicos, Campus de Ciencias Biologicas y Agropecuarias, Universidad Autonoma de Yucatan, Merida, Yucatan, Mexico
- Faculty of Agriculture, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt
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- Unidad Colaborativa para Bioensayos Entomologicos, Campus de Ciencias Biologicas y Agropecuarias, Universidad Autonoma de Yucatan, Merida, Yucatan, Mexico
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- Unidad Colaborativa para Bioensayos Entomologicos, Campus de Ciencias Biologicas y Agropecuarias, Universidad Autonoma de Yucatan, Merida, Yucatan, Mexico
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- Centro de Investigaciones Regionales, Unidad Biomédicas, Universidad Autonoma de Yucatan, Merida, Yucatan, Mexico
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- Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas, Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, San Nicolas de los Garza, Nuevo Leon, Mexico
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- Department of Environmental Sciences, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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Maestre-Serrano R, Lara-Cobos J, Gomez-Camargo D, Ponce-Garcia G, Pareja-Loaiza P, Flores AE. Susceptibility to Pyrethroids and the First Report of L1014F kdr Mutation in Culex quinquefasciatus (Diptera: Culicidae) in Colombia. J Med Entomol 2020; 57:1830-1834. [PMID: 32516378 DOI: 10.1093/jme/tjaa098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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The use of insecticides for the control of Aedes aegypti (L.) (Diptera: Culicidae) in Colombia has indirectly influenced the susceptibility status of Culex quinquefasciatus Say populations. We evaluated pyrethroid susceptibility in two populations of Cx. quinquefasciatus in the Atlantico Department of Colombia and its possible resistance mechanism (kdr mutation). Bottle bioassays were performed for permethrin, deltamethrin, and λ-cyhalothrin in female mosquitoes of Cx. quinquefasciatus. The resistance ratios (RRs) for KC50 and LC50 for each insecticide in the field populations examined were determined, using the Cartagena strain as the susceptible control. The L1014F kdr mutation was identified in the para gene of the voltage-gated sodium channel (vgsc), along with its allelic and genotypic frequency. Low knockdown resistance (RRKC50) to deltamethrin was found in Puerto Colombia and Soledad populations as well as low resistance to λ-cyalothrin in this latter population. Moderate knockdown resistance to permethrin was found in both populations. At 24 h post-exposure on the other hand, there was low resistance (RRLC50) to permethrin in Puerto Colombia and moderate resistance in Soledad. Moderate resistance to deltamethrin was found in Puerto Colombia and low resistance in Soledad. Low resistance to λ-cyhalothrin was seen in Puerto Colombia and moderate resistance in Soledad. Variability was found in the susceptibility to the pyrethroids in the populations of Cx. quinquefasciatus evaluated, and the L1014F kdr mutation is reported for the first time as a possible pyrethroid resistance mechanism in this species in Colombia.
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- Ronald Maestre-Serrano
- Universidad Libre Seccional Barranquilla, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Antigua via Puerto Colombia, Barranquilla, Colombia
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- Universidad Libre Seccional Barranquilla, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Antigua via Puerto Colombia, Barranquilla, Colombia
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- Universidad de Cartagena, Facultad de Medicina - Sede Zaragocilla, Calle, Cartagena de Indias (Bolivar), Colombia
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- Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas, Av. Universidad s/n Cd. Universitaria, San Nicolas de los Garza, NL, Mexico
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- Universidad de Cartagena, Facultad de Medicina - Sede Zaragocilla, Calle, Cartagena de Indias (Bolivar), Colombia
- Universidad Simon Bolivar, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Carrera, Barranquilla, Colombia
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- Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas, Av. Universidad s/n Cd. Universitaria, San Nicolas de los Garza, NL, Mexico
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Villanueva-Segura K, Ponce-Garcia G, Lopez-Monroy B, Mora-Jasso E, Perales L, Gonzalez-Santillan FJ, Ontiveros-Zapata K, Davila-Barboza JA, Flores AE. Multiplex PCR for simultaneous genotyping of kdr mutations V410L, V1016I and F1534C in Aedes aegypti (L.). Parasit Vectors 2020; 13:325. [PMID: 32586378 PMCID: PMC7318494 DOI: 10.1186/s13071-020-04193-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/24/2019] [Accepted: 06/17/2020] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Knockdown resistance (kdr) is the main mechanism that confers resistance to pyrethroids and DDT. This is a product of non-synonymous mutations in the voltage-gated sodium channel (vgsc) gene, and these mutations produce a change of a single amino acid which reduces the affinity of the target site for the insecticide molecule. In Mexico, V410L, V1016I and F1534C mutations are common in pyrethroid-resistant Aedes aegypti (L.) populations. METHODS A multiplex PCR was developed to detect the V410L, V1016I and F1534C mutations in Ae. aegypti. The validation of the technique was carried out by DNA sequencing using field populations previously characterized for the three mutations through allele-specific PCR (AS-PCR) and with different levels of genotypic frequencies. RESULTS The standardized protocol for multiplex end-point PCR was highly effective in detecting 15 genotypes considering the three mutations V410L, V1106I and F1534C, in 12 field populations of Ae. aegypti from Mexico. A complete concordance with AS-PCR and DNA sequencing was found for the simultaneous detection of the three kdr mutations. CONCLUSIONS Our diagnostic method is highly effective for the simultaneous detection of V410L, V1016I and F1534C, when they co-occur. This technique represents a viable alternative to complement and strengthen current monitoring and resistance management strategies against Ae. aegypti.
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- Karina Villanueva-Segura
- Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon (UANL), Av, Universidad s/n Cd. Universitaria, 66455, San Nicolas de los Garza, N.L., Mexico
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- Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon (UANL), Av, Universidad s/n Cd. Universitaria, 66455, San Nicolas de los Garza, N.L., Mexico
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- Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon (UANL), Av, Universidad s/n Cd. Universitaria, 66455, San Nicolas de los Garza, N.L., Mexico
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- Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon (UANL), Av, Universidad s/n Cd. Universitaria, 66455, San Nicolas de los Garza, N.L., Mexico
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- Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon (UANL), Av, Universidad s/n Cd. Universitaria, 66455, San Nicolas de los Garza, N.L., Mexico
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- Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon (UANL), Av, Universidad s/n Cd. Universitaria, 66455, San Nicolas de los Garza, N.L., Mexico
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- Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon (UANL), Av, Universidad s/n Cd. Universitaria, 66455, San Nicolas de los Garza, N.L., Mexico
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- Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon (UANL), Av, Universidad s/n Cd. Universitaria, 66455, San Nicolas de los Garza, N.L., Mexico
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- Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon (UANL), Av, Universidad s/n Cd. Universitaria, 66455, San Nicolas de los Garza, N.L., Mexico.
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Contreras-Perera Y, Ponce-Garcia G, Villanueva-Segura K, Lopez-Monroy B, Rodríguez-Sanchez IP, Lenhart A, Manrique-Saide P, Flores AE. Impact of deltamethrin selection on kdr mutations and insecticide detoxifying enzymes in Aedes aegypti from Mexico. Parasit Vectors 2020; 13:224. [PMID: 32375862 PMCID: PMC7201803 DOI: 10.1186/s13071-020-04093-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2020] [Accepted: 04/24/2020] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Background Insecticide resistance is a serious problem for vector control programmes worldwide. Resistance is commonly attributed to mutations at the insecticide’s target site or increased activity of detoxification enzymes. Methods We determined the knockdown concentration (KC50) and lethal concentration (LC50) of deltamethrin in six natural populations of adult Aedes aegypti from southeastern Mexico. These populations were then selected over five generations using the LC50 from the preceding generation that underwent selection, and the heritability of deltamethrin resistance was quantified. For each generation, we also determined the frequency of the kdr alleles L410, I1016 and C1534, and the levels of activity of three enzyme families (α- and β-esterases, mixed-function oxidases and glutathione S-transferases (GST)) associated with insecticide detoxification. Results There was an increase in KC50 and LC50 values in the subsequent generations of selection with deltamethrin (FS5vs FS0). According to the resistance ratios (RRs), we detected increases in LC50 ranging from 1.5 to 5.6 times the values of the parental generation and in KC50 ranging from 1.3–3.8 times the values of the parental generation. Triple homozygous mutant individuals (tri-locus, LL/II/CC) were present in the parental generations and increased in frequency after selection. The frequency of L410 increased from 1.18-fold to 2.63-fold after selection with deltamethrin (FS5vs FS0) in the populations analyzed; for I1016 an increase between 1.19-fold to 2.79-fold was observed, and C1534 was fixed in all populations after deltamethrin selection. Enzymatic activity varied significantly over the generations of selection. However, only α- esterase activity remained elevated in multiple populations after five generations of deltamethrin selection. We observed an increase in the mean activity levels of GSTs in two of the six populations analyzed. Conclusions The high levels of resistance and their association with high frequencies of kdr mutations (V410L, V1016I and F1534C) obtained through artificial selection, suggest an important role of these mutations in conferring resistance to deltamethrin. We highlight the need to implement strategies that involve the monitoring of kdr frequencies in insecticide resistance monitoring and management programmes.![]()
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- Yamili Contreras-Perera
- Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas, Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Cd, Universitaria, San Nicolas de los Garza, N.L., CP. 66455, Mexico
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- Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas, Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Cd, Universitaria, San Nicolas de los Garza, N.L., CP. 66455, Mexico
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- Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas, Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Cd, Universitaria, San Nicolas de los Garza, N.L., CP. 66455, Mexico
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- Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas, Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Cd, Universitaria, San Nicolas de los Garza, N.L., CP. 66455, Mexico
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- Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas, Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Cd, Universitaria, San Nicolas de los Garza, N.L., CP. 66455, Mexico
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- Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Unidad Colaborativa para Bioensayos Entomologicos, Universidad Autonoma de Yucatan, Campus de Ciencias Biologicas y Agropecuarias, Merida, Yucatan, Mexico
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- Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas, Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Cd, Universitaria, San Nicolas de los Garza, N.L., CP. 66455, Mexico.
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Villanueva-Segura OK, Ontiveros-Zapata KA, Lopez-Monroy B, Ponce-Garcia G, Gutierrez-Rodriguez SM, Davila-Barboza JA, Mora-Jasso EDJ, Flores AE. Distribution and Frequency of the kdr Mutation V410L in Natural Populations of Aedes aegypti (L.) (Diptera: Culicidae) From Eastern and Southern Mexico. J Med Entomol 2020; 57:218-223. [PMID: 31504686 DOI: 10.1093/jme/tjz148] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2019] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Aedes aegypti (L.) is the primary vector of the viruses that cause dengue, Zika, and chikungunya, for which effective vaccines and drugs are still lacking. Current strategies for suppressing arbovirus outbreaks based on insecticide use pose a challenge because of the rapid increase in resistance. The widespread and excessive use of pyrethroid-based insecticides has created a large selection pressure for a kdr-type resistance, caused by mutations in the para gene of the voltage-gated sodium channel (vgsc). Our objective was to evaluate the allelic frequency of natural populations of Ae. aegypti of Mexico at codon 410 of the para gene. Twenty-six Ae. aegypti populations from east and southern Mexico were genotyped for the codon 410 using allele-specific PCR. The frequencies of the L410 allele in Ae. aegypti ranged from 0.10 to 0.99; however, most of the frequencies were in the range of 0.36 to 0.64. The highest frequencies were found in three populations from the state of Veracruz, namely, Minatitlan with 0.99, Poza Rica with 0.82, and Jose Cardel with 0.97, along with populations from Cancun in Quintana Roo with 0.93, Frontera in Tabasco with 0.91, and Ciudad del Carmen in Campeche with 0.86. The frequency of the L410 allele was high in all populations of Ae. aegypti with higher values in populations of the southeast of the country. The knowledge of specific substitutions in vgsc and their interaction to confer resistance is essential to predict and develop future strategies for resistance management in Ae. aegypti in Mexico.
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- Olga K Villanueva-Segura
- Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon (UANL), Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas. Av. Universidad s/n Cd. Universitaria, San Nicolas de los Garza, N.L. Mexico
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- Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon (UANL), Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas. Av. Universidad s/n Cd. Universitaria, San Nicolas de los Garza, N.L. Mexico
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- Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon (UANL), Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas. Av. Universidad s/n Cd. Universitaria, San Nicolas de los Garza, N.L. Mexico
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- Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon (UANL), Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas. Av. Universidad s/n Cd. Universitaria, San Nicolas de los Garza, N.L. Mexico
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- Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon (UANL), Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas. Av. Universidad s/n Cd. Universitaria, San Nicolas de los Garza, N.L. Mexico
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- Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon (UANL), Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas. Av. Universidad s/n Cd. Universitaria, San Nicolas de los Garza, N.L. Mexico
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- Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon (UANL), Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas. Av. Universidad s/n Cd. Universitaria, San Nicolas de los Garza, N.L. Mexico
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- Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon (UANL), Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas. Av. Universidad s/n Cd. Universitaria, San Nicolas de los Garza, N.L. Mexico
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Davila-Barboza J, Karina Villanueva-Segura O, Ponce-Garcia G, Lopez-Monroy B, P Rodiguez-Sanchez I, Flores AE. First report of two kdr mutations L1014F/S in natural populations of Triatoma pallidipennis Stal and Triatoma picturata Usinger vectors of Chagas disease in Mexico. J Vector Ecol 2019; 44:285-289. [PMID: 31729797 DOI: 10.1111/jvec.12361] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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- Jesus Davila-Barboza
- Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon (UANL), Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas. Av. Universidad s/n Cd. Universitaria, San Nicolas de los Garza, N.L. 66455, Mexico
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- Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon (UANL), Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas. Av. Universidad s/n Cd. Universitaria, San Nicolas de los Garza, N.L. 66455, Mexico
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- Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon (UANL), Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas. Av. Universidad s/n Cd. Universitaria, San Nicolas de los Garza, N.L. 66455, Mexico
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- Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon (UANL), Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas. Av. Universidad s/n Cd. Universitaria, San Nicolas de los Garza, N.L. 66455, Mexico
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- Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon (UANL), Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas. Av. Universidad s/n Cd. Universitaria, San Nicolas de los Garza, N.L. 66455, Mexico
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- Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon (UANL), Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas. Av. Universidad s/n Cd. Universitaria, San Nicolas de los Garza, N.L. 66455, Mexico
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Davila-Barboza J, Villanueva-Segura OK, Lopez-Monroy B, Ponce-Garcia G, Bobadilla-Utrera C, Montes-Rincon M, Molina-Garza ZJ, Arredondo-Jimenez JI, Rodriguez-Sanchez IP, Manrique-Saide PC, Flores AE. Novel Kdr mutations (K964R and A943V) in pyrethroid-resistant populations of Triatoma mazzottii and Triatoma longipennis from Mexico and detoxifying enzymes. Insect Sci 2019; 26:809-820. [PMID: 29611294 DOI: 10.1111/1744-7917.12594] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2017] [Revised: 02/16/2018] [Accepted: 03/12/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Although having five different ways of transmission the vector-borne is the principal way of transmission of Chagas disease, which involves insects of the subfamily Triatominae (Hemiptera: Reduviidae). Nineteen of the 31 species that occur in Mexico are associated with humans, and all are capable of transmitting the disease. Pyrethroids are the insecticides recommended for the control of these vectors in Mexico. We determined the susceptibility to the pyrethroids deltamethrin and permethrin of peridomestic populations of Triatoma mazzottii Usinger and two populations of Triatoma longipennis Usinger in comparison with a reference strain for each species. Bioassays were performed for the determination of the LD50 for both field populations and reference strains. A maximum of 27 fold resistance to deltamethrin was observed in T. mazzottii, meanwhile, for permethrin, T. longipennis from Jalisco show the highest value of 3.19 fold. There was significantly increased activity of esterases in field populations in comparison with their corresponding reference strain. The results of the search of kdr mutations related to the resistance to deltamethrin and permethrin in the evaluated species show the presence of mutations in the field populations, as is the case with individuals of T. mazzottii, for which the mutation was found A943V, and for the two populations of T. longipennis included in this study, we report the presence of the kdr mutation K964R. Evaluation of the various mechanisms involved in resistance to pyrethroids in triatomines from Mexico could guide us to the real justification for insecticide resistance monitoring.
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- Jesus Davila-Barboza
- Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon (UANL), Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas, San Nicolas de los Garza, NL, Mexico
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- Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon (UANL), Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas, San Nicolas de los Garza, NL, Mexico
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- Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon (UANL), Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas, San Nicolas de los Garza, NL, Mexico
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- Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon (UANL), Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas, San Nicolas de los Garza, NL, Mexico
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- Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon (UANL), Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas, San Nicolas de los Garza, NL, Mexico
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- Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon (UANL), Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas, San Nicolas de los Garza, NL, Mexico
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- Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon (UANL), Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas, San Nicolas de los Garza, NL, Mexico
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- Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon (UANL), Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas, San Nicolas de los Garza, NL, Mexico
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- Campus de Ciencias Biologicas y Agropecuarias, Unidad Colaborativa para Bioensayos Entomologicos, Universidad Autonoma de Yucatan, Merida, Yucatan, Mexico
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- Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon (UANL), Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas, San Nicolas de los Garza, NL, Mexico
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Maestre-Serrano R, Pareja-Loaiza P, Gomez Camargo D, Ponce-García G, Flores AE. Co-occurrence of V1016I and F1534C mutations in the voltage-gated sodium channel and resistance to pyrethroids in Aedes aegypti (L.) from the Colombian Caribbean region. Pest Manag Sci 2019; 75:1681-1688. [PMID: 30520256 DOI: 10.1002/ps.5287] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2018] [Revised: 11/07/2018] [Accepted: 11/27/2018] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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BACKGROUND Knockdown resistance is conferred primarily by non-synonymous mutations that reduce pyrethroids binding to voltage-gated sodium channels. In 2014, kdr mutation V1016I in Aedes aegypti populations resistant to pyrethroids was reported for the first time in Colombiα, in 2016 another kdr mutation, F1534C, and in 2018 the mutation V419L. Nine populations of A. aegypti, previously characterized as being resistant to λ-cyhalothrin, deltamethrin, cyfluthrin and permethrin, were used for this study. Genomic DNA was used to determine genotypes by allele-specific PCR for mutations V1016I and F1534C, and to determine their association with pyrethroid resistance. RESULTS All the populations analyzed showed both mutations, with allelic frequencies of 0.07-0.35 for I1016 and 0.47-0.88 for C1534. A percentage of co-occurrence of mutant homozygotes I1016/C1534 of 5.3% was detected. A significant positive correlation was found between the frequency of the genotype I1016 and the resistance to permethrin, λ-cyhalothrin and cyfluthrin, but not to deltamethrin; on the other hand, the correlation was not significant for the C1534 genotype and the four pyrethroids evaluated. No significant correlation was found between the frequencies of the mutations V1016I and F1534C. CONCLUSIONS Both mutations V1016I and F1534C are present in A. aegypti populations of the Colombian Caribbean, and although the frequency of F1534C exceeds V1016I, the latter was correlated to resistance to pyrethroid insecticides. © 2018 Society of Chemical Industry.
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- Ronald Maestre-Serrano
- Universidad Libre Seccional Barranquilla, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Barranquilla, Colombia
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- Universidad de Cartagena, Facultad de Medicina Sede Zaragocilla, Cartagena de Indias (Bolivar), Colombia
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- Universidad de Cartagena, Facultad de Medicina Sede Zaragocilla, Cartagena de Indias (Bolivar), Colombia
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- Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas, San Nicolás de los Garza, Mexico
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- Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas, San Nicolás de los Garza, Mexico
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Grossman MK, Uc-Puc V, Flores AE, Manrique-Saide PC, Vazquez-Prokopec GM. Larval density mediates knockdown resistance to pyrethroid insecticides in adult Aedes aegypti. Parasit Vectors 2018; 11:282. [PMID: 29724237 PMCID: PMC5934844 DOI: 10.1186/s13071-018-2865-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2018] [Accepted: 04/23/2018] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Understanding mechanisms driving insecticide resistance in vector populations remains a public health priority. To date, most research has focused on the genetic mechanisms underpinning resistance, yet it is unclear what role environmental drivers may play in shaping phenotypic expression. One of the key environmental drivers of Aedes aegypti mosquito population dynamics is resource-driven intraspecific competition at the larval stage. We experimentally investigated the role of density-dependent larval competition in mediating resistance evolution in Ae. aegypti, using knockdown resistance (kdr) as a marker of genotypic resistance and CDC bottle bioassays to determine phenotype. We reared first-instar larvae from susceptible and pyrethroid-resistant field-derived populations of Ae. aegypti at high and low density and measured the resulting phenotypic resistance and population kdr allele frequencies. RESULTS At low density, only 48.2% of the resistant population was knocked down, yet at high density, the population was no longer phenotypically resistant - 93% were knocked down when exposed to permethrin, which is considered susceptible according to WHO guidelines. Furthermore, the frequency of the C1534 kdr allele in the resistant population at high density decreased from 0.98 ± 0.04 to 0.69 ± 0.04 in only one generation of selection. CONCLUSIONS Our results indicate that larval conditions, specifically density, can impact both phenotype and genotype of pyrethroid-resistant populations. Furthermore, phenotypic susceptibility to pyrethroids may be re-established in a resistant population through a gene x environment interaction, a finding that can lead to the development of novel resistance management strategies that capitalize on density-induced costs.
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- Marissa K Grossman
- Department of Entomology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, PA, 16802, USA.
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- Departamento de Zoología, Campus de Ciencias Biológicas y Agropecuarias, Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán, Apartado Postal 4-116, Itzimna, 97000, Mérida, Yucatan, Mexico
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- Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Av. Universidad s/n Cd. Universitaria, San Nicolas de los Garza, 66455, Nuevo Leon, Mexico
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- Departamento de Zoología, Campus de Ciencias Biológicas y Agropecuarias, Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán, Apartado Postal 4-116, Itzimna, 97000, Mérida, Yucatan, Mexico
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Saavedra-Rodriguez K, Maloof FV, Campbell CL, Garcia-Rejon J, Lenhart A, Penilla P, Rodriguez A, Sandoval AA, Flores AE, Ponce G, Lozano S, Black WC. Parallel evolution of vgsc mutations at domains IS6, IIS6 and IIIS6 in pyrethroid resistant Aedes aegypti from Mexico. Sci Rep 2018; 8:6747. [PMID: 29712956 PMCID: PMC5928250 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-25222-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2017] [Accepted: 04/13/2018] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Aedes aegypti is the primary urban mosquito vector of viruses causing dengue, Zika and chikungunya fevers –for which vaccines and effective pharmaceuticals are still lacking. Current strategies to suppress arbovirus outbreaks include removal of larval-breeding sites and insecticide treatment of larval and adult populations. Insecticidal control of Ae. aegypti is challenging, due to a recent rapid global increase in knockdown-resistance (kdr) to pyrethroid insecticides. Widespread, heavy use of pyrethroid space-sprays has created an immense selection pressure for kdr, which is primarily under the control of the voltage-gated sodium channel gene (vgsc). To date, eleven replacements in vgsc have been discovered, published and shown to be associated with pyrethroid resistance to varying degrees. In Mexico, F1,534C and V1,016I have co-evolved in the last 16 years across Ae. aegypti populations. Recently, a novel replacement V410L was identified in Brazil and its effect on vgsc was confirmed by electrophysiology. Herein, we screened V410L in 25 Ae. aegypti historical collections from Mexico, the first heterozygote appeared in 2002 and frequencies have increased in the last 16 years alongside V1,016I and F1,534C. Knowledge of the specific vgsc replacements and their interaction to confer resistance is essential to predict and to develop strategies for resistance management.
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- Karla Saavedra-Rodriguez
- Arthropod-borne and Infectious Disease Laboratory, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America
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- Arthropod-borne and Infectious Disease Laboratory, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America
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- Arthropod-borne and Infectious Disease Laboratory, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America
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- Laboratorio de Arbovirología, Centro de Investigaciones Regionales Dr. Hideyo Noguchi, Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán, Mérida, Mexico
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- Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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- Centro Regional de Investigacion en Salud Publica, Instituto Nacional de Salud Publica, Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico
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- Centro Regional de Investigacion en Salud Publica, Instituto Nacional de Salud Publica, Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico
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- Centro Regional de Investigacion en Salud Publica, Instituto Nacional de Salud Publica, Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico
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- Laboratorio de Entomologia Medica, Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas, Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Monterrey, Mexico
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- Laboratorio de Entomologia Medica, Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas, Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Monterrey, Mexico
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- Arthropod-borne and Infectious Disease Laboratory, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America
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- Arthropod-borne and Infectious Disease Laboratory, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America.
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Lopez-Monroy B, Gutierrez-Rodriguez SM, Villanueva-Segura OK, Ponce-Garcia G, Morales-Forcada F, Alvarez LC, Flores AE. Frequency and intensity of pyrethroid resistance through the CDC bottle bioassay and their association with the frequency of kdr mutations in Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) from Mexico. Pest Manag Sci 2018; 74:2176-2184. [PMID: 29575404 DOI: 10.1002/ps.4916] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2018] [Accepted: 03/25/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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BACKGROUND The control of Aedes aegypti (L.), the main urban vector that causes arboviral diseases such as dengue, Chikungunya and Zika, has proved to be a challenge because of a rapid increase in insecticide resistance. Therefore, adequate monitoring of insecticide resistance is an essential element in the control of Ae. aegypti and the diseases it transmits. We estimated the frequency and intensity (Resistance Frequency Rapid Diagnostic Test [F-RDT] and Resistance Intensity Rapid Diagnostic Test [I-RDT]) of pyrethroid resistance in populations of Ae. aegypti from Mexico using the bottle bioassay and results were related to the frequencies of knockdown resistance (kdr) mutations V1016I and F1534C. RESULTS All populations under study were resistant to the pyrethroids: bifenthrin (99%), d-(cis-trans)-phenothrin (6.3% cis, 91.7% trans) and permethrin (99.5%) according to F-RDT, and showed moderate to high-intensity resistance at 10× the diagnostic dose (DD) in I-RDT. Frequencies of the kdr mutation V1016I in Ae. aegypti populations were correlated with moderate permethrin resistance at 10× DD, whereas F1534C mutation frequencies were correlated with high bifenthrin resistance at 5× DD. Both I1016 and C1535 were highly correlated with high-intensity phenothrin resistance at 1× to 10× DD. CONCLUSIONS This study showed that high frequencies of kdr mutations V1016I and F1534C are reflected in the results of F-RDT and I-RDT tests. Bioassays in conjunction with the characterization of genetic resistance mechanisms are indispensable in the strategic and rational management of resistance in mosquitoes. © 2018 Society of Chemical Industry.
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- Beatriz Lopez-Monroy
- Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas, Departamento de Zoologia de Invertebrados, San Nicolas de los Garza, Mexico
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- Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas, Departamento de Zoologia de Invertebrados, San Nicolas de los Garza, Mexico
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- Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas, Departamento de Zoologia de Invertebrados, San Nicolas de los Garza, Mexico
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- Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas, Departamento de Zoologia de Invertebrados, San Nicolas de los Garza, Mexico
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- Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas, Departamento de Zoologia de Invertebrados, San Nicolas de los Garza, Mexico
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- Universidad de los Andes, Nucleo Universitario Rafael Rangel, estado Trujillo, Venezuela
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- Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas, Departamento de Zoologia de Invertebrados, San Nicolas de los Garza, Mexico
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Alvarez-Gonzalez LC, Briceño A, Ponce-Garcia G, Villanueva-Segura OK, Davila-Barboza JA, Lopez-Monroy B, Gutierrez-Rodriguez SM, Contreras-Perera Y, Rodriguez-Sanchez IP, Flores AE. Assessing the effect of selection with deltamethrin on biological parameters and detoxifying enzymes in Aedes aegypti (L.). Pest Manag Sci 2017; 73:2287-2293. [PMID: 28485040 DOI: 10.1002/ps.4609] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2016] [Revised: 05/02/2017] [Accepted: 05/02/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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BACKGROUND Resistance to insecticides through one or several mechanisms has a cost for an insect in various parameters of its biological cycle. The present study evaluated the effect of deltamethrin on detoxifying enzymes and biological parameters in a population of Aedes aegypti selected for 15 generations. The enzyme activities of alpha- and beta-esterases, mixed-function oxidases and glutathione-S-transferases were determined during selection, along with biological parameters. RESULTS Overexpression of mixed-function oxidases as a mechanism of metabolic resistance to deltamethrin was found. There were decreases in percentages of eggs hatching, pupation and age-specific survival and in total survival at the end of the selection (F16 ). Although age-specific fecundity was not affected by selection with deltamethrin, total fertility, together with lower survival, significantly affected gross reproduction rate, gradually decreasing due to deltamethrin selection. Similarly, net reproductive rate and intrinsic growth rate were affected by selection. CONCLUSION Alterations in life parameters could be due to the accumulation of noxious effects or deleterious genes related to detoxifying enzymes, specifically those coding for mixed-function oxidases, along with the presence of recessive alleles of the V1016I and F1534C mutations, associating deltamethrin resistance with fitness cost in Ae. aegypti. © 2017 Society of Chemical Industry.
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- Leslie C Alvarez-Gonzalez
- Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas, San Nicolas de los Garza, Mexico
- Universidad de los Andes, Nucleo Universitario Rafael Rangel, Pampanito, Trujillo, Venezuela
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- Universidad de los Andes, Nucleo Universitario Rafael Rangel, Pampanito, Trujillo, Venezuela
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- Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas, San Nicolas de los Garza, Mexico
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- Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas, San Nicolas de los Garza, Mexico
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- Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas, San Nicolas de los Garza, Mexico
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- Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas, San Nicolas de los Garza, Mexico
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- Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas, San Nicolas de los Garza, Mexico
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- Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas, San Nicolas de los Garza, Mexico
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Ponce-Garcia G, Villanueva-Segura K, Trujillo-Rodriguez G, Rodriguez-Sanchez IP, Lopez-Monroy B, Flores AE. First Detection of the Kdr Mutation T929I in Head Lice (Phthiraptera: Pediculidae) in Schoolchildren of the Metropolitan Area of Nuevo Leon and Yucatan, Mexico. J Med Entomol 2017; 54:1025-1030. [PMID: 28399223 DOI: 10.1093/jme/tjx045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2016] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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The head louse Pediculus humanus capitis (De Geer) is a hematophagous ectoparasite that inhabits the human scalp. Infestations by this insect are commonly known as pediculosis, which is more common in younger groups. These infestations are asymptomatic; however, skin irritation from scratching occasionally may cause secondary bacterial infections. In recent years, the prevalence of pediculosis has increased in children; this increase has been attributed to louse resistance to the insecticides used as a control measure for infestation. The aim of the present study was to determine the presence and frequency of the knockdown resistance mutation (kdr) T929I in 468 head lice collected from 32 elementary schools in the metropolitan area of Nuevo Leon (24) and Yucatan (8), Mexico. This is the first report of a knockdown resistance (kdr) mechanism in head lice from Mexico. The T929I mutation was present in all of the sampled schools, with variability observed in its allelic and genotypic frequencies.
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- Gustavo Ponce-Garcia
- Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, San Nicolás de los Garza, N.L., 66451 México
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- Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, San Nicolás de los Garza, N.L., 66451 México
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- Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, San Nicolás de los Garza, N.L., 66451 México
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- Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, San Nicolás de los Garza, N.L., 66451 México
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- Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, San Nicolás de los Garza, N.L., 66451 México
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- Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, San Nicolás de los Garza, N.L., 66451 México
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Ponce G, Sanchez IP, García SM, Torrado JM, Lozano-Fuentes S, Lopez-Monroy B, Flores AE. First report of L1014F kdr mutation in Culex quinquefasciatus in Mexico. Insect Sci 2016; 23:829-834. [PMID: 25765734 DOI: 10.1111/1744-7917.12218] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 02/02/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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The L1014F mutation in the voltage-sodium channel gene has been associated with resistance to DDT and pyrethroids in various arthropod species including mosquitoes. We determined the frequency of the L1014F kdr mutation in 16 field populations of Culex quinquefasciatus from Northeastern Mexico collected between 2008 and 2013. The L1014F was present in all populations analyzed with the lowest frequency (3.33%) corresponding to the population from Monclova collected in 2012, and the highest frequency (63.63%) from the Monterrey population collected in 2012. The presence of a kdr mutation in populations of Cx. quinquefasciatus from northeastern Mexico provides evidence of pyrethroid resistance. This requires a special attention, considering that pyrethroid-based insecticides are commonly used in vector-control campaigns, especially against Aedes aegypti (L.).
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- Gustavo Ponce
- Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas, Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Av. Universidad s/n Cd. Universitaria San Nicolas de los Garza, N.L., 66455, Mexico, USA
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- Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas, Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Av. Universidad s/n Cd. Universitaria San Nicolas de los Garza, N.L., 66455, Mexico, USA
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- Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas, Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Av. Universidad s/n Cd. Universitaria San Nicolas de los Garza, N.L., 66455, Mexico, USA
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- Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas, Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Av. Universidad s/n Cd. Universitaria San Nicolas de los Garza, N.L., 66455, Mexico, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA
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- Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas, Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Av. Universidad s/n Cd. Universitaria San Nicolas de los Garza, N.L., 66455, Mexico, USA
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- Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas, Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Av. Universidad s/n Cd. Universitaria San Nicolas de los Garza, N.L., 66455, Mexico, USA
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Villanueva OK, Ponce G, Lopez B, Gutierrez SM, Rodriguez IP, Reyes G, Saavedra KJ, Black WC, Garcia J, Beaty B, Eisen L, Flores AE. Effect of Photoperiod On Permethrin Resistance In Aedes aegypti. J Am Mosq Control Assoc 2016; 32:308-314. [PMID: 28206856 DOI: 10.2987/16-6577.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Living organisms have been exposed to light-dark cycles that allowed them to adapt to different ecological niches. Circadian cycles affect hormone release, metabolism, and response to xenobiotic compounds. Current studies have shown that insect susceptibility to toxic agents depends on circadian cycles, mainly because the biochemical processes involved in detoxification and responses to oxidative stress are modulated by this process. The goal of this study was to determine the effect of photoperiod on resistance to permethrin in Aedes aegypti . Collections of Ae. aegypti from 4 locations in Yucatan, southern Mexico, were subjected to 2 different photoperiod schemes: dark (0 h light:24 h dark) and natural photoperiod (12 h light:12 h dark). The comparison of both photoperiods was evaluated with respect to permethrin resistance using bottle bioassays and by monitoring the possible mechanism related such as enzymatic activity and by the frequency of 2 knockdown resistance mutations in the voltage-dependent sodium channel gene (V1016I and F1534C). The susceptible strain was used as a reference. The mosquitoes in dark photoperiod showed a reduction in resistance to the pyrethroid. The α-esterases and glutathione S-transferase enzymatic activities showed lower levels in the dark photoperiod, and the frequencies of V1016I knockdown resistance mutation showed significant difference between photoperiod schemes.
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Ponce-García G, Del Río-Galvan S, Barrera R, Saavedra-Rodriguez K, Villanueva-Segura K, Felix G, Amador M, Flores AE. Knockdown Resistance Mutations in Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) From Puerto Rico. J Med Entomol 2016; 53:1410-1414. [PMID: 27493252 DOI: 10.1093/jme/tjw115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2016] [Accepted: 06/19/2016] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Permethrin resistance is widespread in Aedes aegypti (L.), the main dengue, zika, and chikungunya virus vector in Latin America and the Caribbean. A common mechanism of resistance to pyrethroids-knockdown resistance (kdr)-is conferred through mutations in the insect's voltage-dependent sodium channel. In this mosquito, around 10 replacement substitutions in the voltage-gated sodium channel gene (vgsc) have been reported in pyrethroid-resistant strains. Two of these mutations, named Ile1,016 and Cys1,534, are widespread in mosquito populations from Latin America and the Caribbean. This study assessed the levels of permethrin resistance and the frequency of two kdr mutations in eight Ae. aegypti populations collected in Puerto Rico in 2013. Permethrin resistance factors ranged from 33-214-fold relative to the New Orleans reference strain. The frequency of kdr mutation Ile1,016 ranged from 0.65 to fixation (1.0), and for Cys1,534 frequencies varied from 0.8 to fixation. Alarmingly, two populations-Carolina and Caguas-reached fixation at both loci. Our results suggest that permethrin effectiveness for Ae. aegypti control is compromised in these collections from Puerto Rico.
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- Gustavo Ponce-García
- Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, San Nicolás de los Garza, Nuevo León, 66455, México (; ; ; )
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- Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, San Nicolás de los Garza, Nuevo León, 66455, México (; ; ; )
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- Entomology and Ecology Activity, Dengue Branch, Centers for Disease Prevention and Control, San Juan, Puerto Rico (; ; )
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- Laboratory of Insect Genetics, Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80521
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- Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, San Nicolás de los Garza, Nuevo León, 66455, México (; ; ; )
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- Entomology and Ecology Activity, Dengue Branch, Centers for Disease Prevention and Control, San Juan, Puerto Rico (; ; )
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- Entomology and Ecology Activity, Dengue Branch, Centers for Disease Prevention and Control, San Juan, Puerto Rico (; ; )
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- Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, San Nicolás de los Garza, Nuevo León, 66455, México (; ; ; )
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Del Rio-Galvan SL, Flores AE, Barrera R, Lopez-Monroy B, Felix G, Amador M, Ponce-Garcia G. Susceptibility to Temephos and Spinosad in Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) From Puerto Rico. J Med Entomol 2016; 53:1211-1217. [PMID: 27330095 DOI: 10.1093/jme/tjw090] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2016] [Accepted: 05/11/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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We examined the susceptibility to temephos and spinosad (Natular EC) of eight Aedes aegypti (L.) populations from Puerto Rico, following WHO method (WHO 2005). Enzyme activity was measured for alpha- and beta-esterases, multiple function oxidases, glutathione-s-transferases, and insensitive acetylcholinesterase and was tested for correlation with the susceptibility level. The results showed that larval populations from Puerto Rico obtained during 2014 were found to be susceptible to both larvicides, with low (resistance factor) RRLC50 values (<5 fold) and altered and incipiently altered enzyme expression for all populations, except the insensitive acetylcholinesterase enzyme, where only the population of Ponce showed overexpression (53.3%) above the threshold established with the New Orleans susceptible strain. We recommend the use of both larvicides for mosquito control in the study area and encourage further susceptibility monitoring.
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- Samanta L Del Rio-Galvan
- Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas, San Nicolas de los Garza, N.L., 66455, Mexico (; ; ; )
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- Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas, San Nicolas de los Garza, N.L., 66455, Mexico (; ; ; )
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- Entomology and Ecology Activity, Dengue Branch, Centers for Disease Prevention and Control, San Juan, Puerto Rico (; ; )
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- Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas, San Nicolas de los Garza, N.L., 66455, Mexico (; ; ; )
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- Entomology and Ecology Activity, Dengue Branch, Centers for Disease Prevention and Control, San Juan, Puerto Rico (; ; )
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- Entomology and Ecology Activity, Dengue Branch, Centers for Disease Prevention and Control, San Juan, Puerto Rico (; ; )
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- Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas, San Nicolas de los Garza, N.L., 66455, Mexico (; ; ; )
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Alvarez LC, Ponce G, Saavedra-Rodriguez K, Lopez B, Flores AE. Frequency of V1016I and F1534C mutations in the voltage-gated sodium channel gene in Aedes aegypti in Venezuela. Pest Manag Sci 2015; 71:863-9. [PMID: 24935645 DOI: 10.1002/ps.3846] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2014] [Revised: 06/10/2014] [Accepted: 06/11/2014] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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BACKGROUND The V1016I and F1534C mutations in the voltage-gated sodium channel gene have been associated with resistance to pyrethroids and DDT in Aedes aegypti mosquitoes. A study was carried out to determine the frequency of I1016 and C1534 by real-time PCR in five natural populations of Ae. aegypti in Venezuela during 2008, 2010 and 2012, as well as in a strain selected with 0.14 µg of deltamethrin for 15 generations. RESULTS In natural populations, frequencies of I1016 varied between 0.01 and 0.37, and frequencies of C1534 between 0.35 and 1.0. In the Pampanito strain, the frequency of I1016 increased from 0.02 in F1 up to 0.5 in F15 and from 0.35 up to fixation for C1534 after selection with deltamethrin. CONCLUSION The results showed that C1534 frequencies are higher than I1016 frequencies in natural populations of Ae. aegypti in Venezuela, and that deltamethrin selected the C1534 more rapidly than I1016.
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- Leslie C Alvarez
- Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas, San Nicolas de los Garza, Mexico; Universidad de los Andes, Nucleo Universitario Rafael Rangel. Villa Universitaria Pampanito, estado Trujillo, 3102, Venezuela
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Maestre-Serrano R, Gomez-Camargo D, Ponce-Garcia G, Flores AE. Susceptibility to insecticides and resistance mechanisms in Aedes aegypti from the Colombian Caribbean Region. Pestic Biochem Physiol 2014; 116:63-73. [PMID: 25454522 DOI: 10.1016/j.pestbp.2014.09.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2014] [Revised: 09/27/2014] [Accepted: 09/29/2014] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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We determined the susceptibility to insecticides and the biochemical and molecular mechanisms involved in resistance in nine populations of Aedes aegypti (L.) of the Colombian Caribbean region. Bioassays were performed on larvae for susceptibility to temephos and on adults to the insecticides malathion, fenitrothion, pirimiphos-methyl, permethrin, deltamethrin, λ-cyhalothrin and cyfluthrin. The resistance ratio (RR) for each insecticide in the populations was determined, using the susceptible Rockefeller strain as a susceptible control. Additionally, we evaluated the response of the populations to the diagnostic dose (DD) of the organochlorine pesticide DDT. The following biochemical mechanisms associated with resistance were studied: α-esterases, β-esterases, mixed-function oxidases (MFO), glutathione s-transferases (GST) and insensitive acetylcholinesterase (iAChE) as well as the presence of kdr I1,016 mutation and its frequency. All populations studied showed susceptibility to the organophosphates evaluated (RR < 5-fold), except for the Puerto Colombia and Soledad populations which showed high resistance (RR 15-fold) and moderate resistance (RR 5-fold) to temephos, respectively, and Sincelejo (Sucre) with moderate resistance to pirimiphos-methyl (RR 5-fold). All populations evaluated with DD of DDT were found to be resistant with 2-28% of mortality. Variability was observed in the resistance to pyrethroids: permethrin (RR 1.2- to 30.8-fold), deltamethrin RR 0.9- to 37.8-fold), λ-cyalothrin (RR 3.4- to 83-fold) and cyfluthrin (RR 0.3- to 33.8-fold). Incipiently α-esterases and MFO levels were found in the Valledupar population; MFO showed the same profile in Cienaga and GST in the Sincelejo population, all other populations showed unaltered profiles of the enzymes evaluated. The kdr I1,016 mutation was found in all populations evaluated with variability in its allelic and genotypic frequencies.
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- Ronald Maestre-Serrano
- Universidad de Cartagena, Facultad de Medicina - Sede Zaragocilla, Calle 30 N° 48 - 152, Cartagena de Indias (Bolivar) 1300, Colombia
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- Universidad de Cartagena, Facultad de Medicina - Sede Zaragocilla, Calle 30 N° 48 - 152, Cartagena de Indias (Bolivar) 1300, Colombia
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- Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas, Av. Universidad s/n Cd. Universitaria, San Nicolas de los Garza, NL 66451, Mexico
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- Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas, Av. Universidad s/n Cd. Universitaria, San Nicolas de los Garza, NL 66451, Mexico.
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Alvarez LC, Ponce G, Oviedo M, Lopez B, Flores AE. Susceptibility status of Aedes aegypti (L.) (Diptera: Culicidae) to temephos in Venezuela. Pest Manag Sci 2014; 70:1262-1266. [PMID: 24282132 DOI: 10.1002/ps.3688] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2013] [Revised: 10/11/2013] [Accepted: 11/26/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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BACKGROUND Temephos is an insecticide widely used in Venezuela to control the proliferation of the larvae of Aedes aegypti (L.), the principal vector of dengue virus. The aim of this study was to identify the susceptibility to temephos of Ae. aegypti in four locations in western Venezuela: Lara, Tres Esquinas, Ureña and Pampanito. Larval bioassays were conducted on samples collected in 2008 and 2010, and the levels of α- and β-esterases, mixed-function oxidases, glutathione-S-transferase and insensitive acethyl cholinesterase were determined. RESULTS Larval populations from western Venezuela obtained during 2008 and 2010 were found to be susceptible to temephos, with low resistance ratios and without overexpression of enzymes. CONCLUSIONS The low RR values reveal the effectiveness of temephos in controlling the larval populations of Ae. aegypti. Control strategies must be vigorously monitored to maintain the susceptibility to temephos of these populations of Ae. aegypti.
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- Leslie C Alvarez
- Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas, San Nicolas de los Garza, Nuevo Leon, Mexico; Universidad de los Andes, Pampanito, Trujillo, Venezuela
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Lopez B, Ponce G, Gonzalez JA, Gutierrez SM, Villanueva OK, Gonzalez G, Bobadilla C, Rodriguez IP, Black WC, Flores AE. Susceptibility to chlorpyrifos in pyrethroid-resistant populations of Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) from Mexico. J Med Entomol 2014; 51:644-649. [PMID: 24897857 PMCID: PMC4122320 DOI: 10.1603/me13185] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Resistance to the organophosphate insecticide chlorpyrifos was evaluated in females from six strains of Aedes aegypti (L.) that expressed high levels of cross-resistance to eight pyrethroid insecticides. Relative to LC50 and LC90 at 24 h of a susceptible New Orleans (NO) strain, three strains were highly resistant to chlorpyrifos (Coatzacoalcos, resistance ratio [RRLC90 = 11.97; Pozarica, RRLC90 = 12.98; and Cosoleacaque, RRLC50 = 13.94 and RRLC90 = 17.57), one strain was moderately resistant (Veracruz, RRLC90 = 5.92), and two strains were susceptible (Tantoyuca and Martinez de la Torre, RRLC50 and RRLC90 < 5) in bottle bioassays according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Furthermore, high levels of alpha- or beta-esterase activity in the sample populations were correlated with resistance, suggesting that esterase activity may be a mechanism causing the development of organophosphate resistance in these populations. Overall, the populations in this study were less resistant to chlorpyrifos than to pyrethroids. Rotation of insecticides used in control activities is recommended to delay or minimize the occurrence of high levels of resistance to chlorpyrifos among local populations of Ae. aegypti. The diagnostic dose and diagnostic time for chlorpyrifos resistance monitoring was determined to be 85 microg per bottle and 30 min, respectively, using the susceptible NO strain.
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- Beatriz Lopez
- Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas, Av. Universidad s/n Cd. Universitaria, San Nicolas de los Garza, N.L., 66451 Mexico
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- Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas, Av. Universidad s/n Cd. Universitaria, San Nicolas de los Garza, N.L., 66451 Mexico
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- Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas, Av. Universidad s/n Cd. Universitaria, San Nicolas de los Garza, N.L., 66451 Mexico
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- Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas, Av. Universidad s/n Cd. Universitaria, San Nicolas de los Garza, N.L., 66451 Mexico
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- Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas, Av. Universidad s/n Cd. Universitaria, San Nicolas de los Garza, N.L., 66451 Mexico
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- Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas, Av. Universidad s/n Cd. Universitaria, San Nicolas de los Garza, N.L., 66451 Mexico
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- Laboratorio Estatal de Salud Publica de los Servicios de Salud de Veracruz, Mexico
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- Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas, Av. Universidad s/n Cd. Universitaria, San Nicolas de los Garza, N.L., 66451 Mexico
- Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Departamento de Genetica, Hospital Universitario Dr. Jose Eleuterio Gonzalez, Monterrey, Nuevo Leon 64460, Mexico
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523
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- Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas, Av. Universidad s/n Cd. Universitaria, San Nicolas de los Garza, N.L., 66451 Mexico
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Saavedra-Rodriguez K, Strode C, Flores AE, Garcia-Luna S, Reyes-Solis G, Ranson H, Hemingway J, Black WC. Differential transcription profiles in Aedes aegypti detoxification genes after temephos selection. Insect Mol Biol 2014; 23:199-215. [PMID: 24299217 PMCID: PMC4091897 DOI: 10.1111/imb.12073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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The mosquito Aedes aegypti is the main vector of Dengue and Yellow Fever flaviviruses. The organophosphate insecticide temephos is a larvicide that is used globally to control Ae. aegypti populations; many of which have in turn evolved resistance. Target site alteration in the acetylcholine esterase of this species has not being identified. Instead, we tracked changes in transcription of metabolic detoxification genes using the Ae. aegypti 'Detox Chip' microarray during five generations of temephos selection. We selected for temephos resistance in three replicates in each of six collections, five from Mexico, and one from Peru. The response to selection was tracked in terms of lethal concentrations. Uniform upregulation was seen in the epsilon class glutathione-S-transferase (eGST) genes in strains from Mexico prior to laboratory selection, while eGSTs in the Iquitos Peru strain became upregulated after five generations of temephos selection. While expression of many carboxyl/cholinesterase esterase (CCE) genes increased with selection, no single esterase was consistently upregulated and this same pattern was noted in the cytochrome P450 monooxygenase (CYP) genes and in other genes involved in reduction or oxidation of xenobiotics. Bioassays using glutathione-S-transferase (GST), CCE and CYP inhibitors suggest that various CCEs instead of GSTs are the main metabolic mechanism conferring resistance to temephos. We show that temephos-selected strains show no cross resistance to permethrin and that genes associated with temephos selection are largely independent of those selected with permethrin in a previous study.
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- Vector Group, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, Liverpool, L3 5QA, UK
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- Laboratorio de Entomología Médica, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, México
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- Department of Microbiology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado
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- Vector Group, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, Liverpool, L3 5QA, UK
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- Vector Group, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, Liverpool, L3 5QA, UK
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- Department of Microbiology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado
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Alvarez LC, Ponce G, Oviedo M, Lopez B, Flores AE. Resistance to malathion and deltamethrin in Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) from western Venezuela. J Med Entomol 2013; 50:1031-1039. [PMID: 24180108 DOI: 10.1603/me12254] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Resistance to the insecticides deltamethrin and malathion and the enzymes associated with metabolic resistance mechanisms were determined in four field populations of Aedes aegypti (L.) from western Venezuela during 2008 and 2010 using the bottle assay and the microplate biochemical techniques. For deltamethrin, mortality rates after 1 h exposure and after a 24-h recovery period were determined to calculate the 50% knock-downconcentration (KC50) and the lethal concentration (LC50), respectively. For malathion, mortality was recorded at 24 h to determine the LC50. For deltamethrin, resistance ratios of knock-down resistance and postrecovery were determined by calculating the RRKC50 and RRLC50, comparing the KC50 and LC50 values of the field populations and those of the susceptible New Orleans strain. Knock-down resistance to deltamethrin was moderate in the majority of the populations in 2008 (RRKC50 values were between 5- and 10-fold), and only one population showed high resistance in 2010 (RRKC50 > 10-fold). Moderate and high postrecovery resistance to deltamethrin was observed in the majority of the populations for 2008 and 2010, respectively. There was significantly increased expression of glutathione-S-tranferases and mixed-function oxidases. All populations showed low resistance to malathion in 2008 and 2010 with significantly higher levels of alpha-esterases for 2008 and 2010 and beta-esterases for 2008.
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- Leslie C Alvarez
- Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas, Av. Universidad s/d Cd. Universitaria, San Nicolas de los Garza, Nuevo León 66451, México
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Flores AE, Ponce G, Silva BG, Gutierrez SM, Bobadilla C, Lopez B, Mercado R, Black WC. Wide spread cross resistance to pyrethroids in Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) from Veracruz state Mexico. J Econ Entomol 2013; 106:959-69. [PMID: 23786088 PMCID: PMC3980443 DOI: 10.1603/ec12284] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Seven F1 strains of Aedes aegypti (L.) were evaluated by bottle bioassay for resistance to the pyrethroids d-phenothrin, permethrin, deltamethrin, lambda-cyalothrin, bifenthrin, cypermethrin, alpha-cypermethrin, and z-cypermethrin. The New Orleans strain was used as a susceptible control. Mortality rates after a 1 h exposure and after a 24 h recovery period were determined. The resistance ratio between the 50% knockdown values (RR(KC50)) of the F1 and New Orleans strains indicated high levels of knockdown resistance. The RR(KC50) with alpha-cypermethrin varied from 10 to 100 among strains indicating high levels of knockdown resistance. Most of the strains had moderate resistance to d-phenothrin. Significant but much lower levels of resistance were detected for lambda-cyalothrin, permethrin, and cypermethrin. For zeta-cypermethrin and bifenthrin, only one strain exhibited resistance with RR(KC50) values of 10- and 21-fold, respectively. None of the strains showed RR(KC50) >10 with deltamethrin, and moderate resistance was seen in three strains, while the rest were susceptible. Mosquitoes from all strains exhibited some recovery from all pyrethroids except d-phenothrin. Regression analysis was used to analyze the relationship between RR(LC50) and RR(KC50). Both were highly correlated (R2 = 0.84-0.97) so that the slope could be used to determine how much additional pyrethroid was needed to ensure lethality. Slopes ranged from 0.875 for d-phenothrin (RR(LC50) approximately equal to RR(KC50)) to 8.67 for lambda-cyalothrin (-8.5-fold more insecticide needed to kill). Both RR(LC50) and RR(KC50) values were highly correlated for all pyrethroids except bifenthrin indicating strong cross-resistance. Bifenthrin appears to be an alternative pyrethroid without strong cross-resistance that could be used as an alternative to the current widespread use of permethrin in Mexico.
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- Adriana E Flores
- Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas, Laboratorio de Entomologia Medica, Av. Universidad s/n. San Nicolas de los Garza, Nuevo Leon 66451, Mexico.
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Lopez B, Favela S, Ponce G, Foroughbakhch R, Flores AE. Genetic variation in Bactericera cockerelli (Hemiptera: Triozidae) from Mexico. J Econ Entomol 2013; 106:1004-1010. [PMID: 23786093 DOI: 10.1603/ec12258] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Bactericera cockerelli (Sulc) is a significant pest of several solanacious crops in Mexico and the United States since 1970. In 2001 significant outbreaks of outstanding importance were observed for the first time in areas where infestations of this insect were historically rare. Molecular studies revealed that this was because of the development of a new biotype of B. cockerelli that had become adapted to south-western United States, further demonstrating that this genetic differentiation was reflected in the survival, development cycle, fertility, and growth rate of both the native biotype as well as the one recently reported. To determine genetic variation in populations of B. cockerelli from Mexico, inter simple sequence repeat were used. Results showed that populations of B. cockerelli from central and northeastern Mexico (Guanajuato, Morelos, Estado de Mexico, and Nuevo Leon states) are genetically similar, meanwhile B. cockerelli from northwest, southwest, and southeast of the country (Sinaloa, Michoacan, and Oaxaca states) are genetically distinct from each other and from the rest of the populations included in the study.
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- Beatriz Lopez
- Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas Av., Universidad s/n Ciudad Universitaria, San Nicolas de los Garza, N.L. Mexico C.P. 66451
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Siller Q, Ponce G, Lozano S, Flores AE. Update on the frequency of Ile1016 mutation in voltage-gated sodium channel gene of Aedes aegypti in Mexico. J Am Mosq Control Assoc 2011; 27:357-62. [PMID: 22329266 DOI: 10.2987/11-6149.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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We analyzed 790 Aedes aegypti from 14 localities of Mexico in 2009 to update information on the frequency of the Ile1016 allele in the voltage-gated sodium channel gene that confers resistance to pyrethroids and DDT. The Ile1016 mutation was present in all 17 collections, and was close to fixation in Acapulco (frequency = 0.97), Iguala (0.93), and San Nicolas (0.90). Genotypes at the 1016 locus were not in Hardy-Weinberg proportions in collections from Panuco, Veracruz, Cosoleacaque, Coatzacoalcos, Tantoyuca, and Monterrey due in every case to an excess of homozygotes. The high frequencies of this mutation in Ae. aegypti are probably due to selection pressure from pyrethroid insecticides, particularly permethrin, which has been used in mosquito control programs for >10 years in Mexico.
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- Quetzaly Siller
- Laboratorio de Entomología Medica, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, 66451 Mexico
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Aguirre M, Flores AE, Alvarez G, Molina A, Rodriguez I, Ponce G. A novel amino acid substitution in the para-sodium channel gene in Rhipicephalus microplus (Acari: Ixodidae) associated with knockdown resistance. Exp Appl Acarol 2010; 52:377-382. [PMID: 20585841 DOI: 10.1007/s10493-010-9371-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2009] [Accepted: 06/10/2010] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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Resistance acquired by the tick Rhipicephalus microplus (Canestrini) to different types of ixodicides in Mexico has had a negative impact on national and local livestock, mainly due to the transmission of diseases such as babesiosis and anaplasmosis, among others. The technique used for the diagnosis of resistance was that in the bioassays noted in the Norma Oficial Mexicana (NOM-006-ZOO-1994). The purpose of this investigation was the determination of resistance to pyrethroids through isoleucine-phenylalanine mutation in the gene KDR, in a population of ticks from Montemorelos, NL, Mexico. Preliminary bioassays demonstrated resistance to cypermethrin and deltamethrin (27.4%) and flumethrin (36.7-34.7%). To identify the mutation, DNA was extracted from 100 mg of larvae (pools), 10 pools were assessed by PCR, in which a pair of primers designed with the program Oligo 2.0 and Amplify 1.2 amplified a 136 bp fragment containing the mutation. The PCR product was subsequently sequenced to confirm the presence of the mutation. A strain susceptible to pyrethroid insecticides (Mora strain) was used as control, but it did not show the mutation. However, the mutation was detected in 4 out of 10 samples of the strain Montemorelos.
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- Marcelino Aguirre
- Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Forestales Agrícolas y Pecuarias del CIRNE, CIRNE, Guadalupe, Nuevo León, México
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García GP, Flores AE, Fernández-Salas I, Saavedra-Rodríguez K, Reyes-Solis G, Lozano-Fuentes S, Guillermo Bond J, Casas-Martínez M, Ramsey JM, García-Rejón J, Domínguez-Galera M, Ranson H, Hemingway J, Eisen L, Black WC. Recent rapid rise of a permethrin knock down resistance allele in Aedes aegypti in México. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2009; 3:e531. [PMID: 19829709 PMCID: PMC2759509 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000531] [Citation(s) in RCA: 103] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2009] [Accepted: 09/15/2009] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Background Aedes aegypti, the ‘yellow fever mosquito’, is the primary vector to humans of dengue and yellow fever flaviviruses (DENV, YFV), and is a known vector of the chikungunya alphavirus (CV). Because vaccines are not yet available for DENV or CV or are inadequately distributed in developing countries (YFV), management of Ae. aegypti remains the primary option to prevent and control outbreaks of the diseases caused by these arboviruses. Permethrin is one of the most widely used active ingredients in insecticides for suppression of adult Ae. aegypti. In 2007, we documented a replacement mutation in codon 1,016 of the voltage-gated sodium channel gene (para) of Ae. aegypti that encodes an isoleucine rather than a valine and confers resistance to permethrin. Ile1,016 segregates as a recessive allele conferring knockdown resistance to homozygous mosquitoes at 5–10 µg of permethrin in bottle bioassays. Methods and Findings A total of 81 field collections containing 3,951 Ae. aegypti were made throughout México from 1996 to 2009. These mosquitoes were analyzed for the frequency of the Ile1,016 mutation using a melting-curve PCR assay. Dramatic increases in frequencies of Ile1,016 were recorded from the late 1990's to 2006–2009 in several states including Nuevo León in the north, Veracruz on the central Atlantic coast, and Yucatán, Quintana Roo and Chiapas in the south. From 1996 to 2000, the overall frequency of Ile1,016 was 0.04% (95% confidence interval (CI95) = 0.12%; n = 1,359 mosquitoes examined). The earliest detection of Ile1,016 was in Nuevo Laredo on the U.S. border in 1997. By 2003–2004 the overall frequency of Ile1,016 had increased ∼100-fold to 2.7% (±0.80% CI95; n = 808). When checked again in 2006, the frequency had increased slightly to 3.9% (±1.15% CI95; n = 473). This was followed in 2007–2009 by a sudden jump in Ile1,016 frequency to 33.2% (±1.99% CI95; n = 1,074 mosquitoes). There was spatial heterogeneity in Ile1,016 frequencies among 2007–2008 collections, which ranged from 45.7% (±2.00% CI95) in the state of Veracruz to 51.2% (±4.36% CI95) in the Yucatán peninsula and 14.5% (±2.23% CI95) in and around Tapachula in the state of Chiapas. Spatial heterogeneity was also evident at smaller geographic scales. For example within the city of Chetumal, Quintana Roo, Ile1,016 frequencies varied from 38.3%–88.3%. A linear regression analysis based on seven collections from 2007 revealed that the frequency of Ile1,016 homozygotes accurately predicted knockdown rate for mosquitoes exposed to permethrin in a bioassay (R2 = 0.98). Conclusions We have recorded a dramatic increase in the frequency of the Ile1,016 mutation in the voltage-gated sodium channel gene of Ae. aegypti in México from 1996 to 2009. This may be related to heavy use of permethrin-based insecticides in mosquito control programs. Spatial heterogeneity in Ile1,016 frequencies in 2007 and 2008 collections may reflect differences in selection pressure or in the initial frequency of Ile1,016. The rapid recent increase in Ile1,016 is predicted by a simple model of positive directional selection on a recessive allele. Unfortunately this model also predicts rapid fixation of Ile1,016 unless there is negative fitness associated with Ile1,016 in the absence of permethrin. If so, then spatial refugia of susceptible Ae. aegypti or rotational schedules of different classes of adulticides could be established to slow or prevent fixation of Ile1,016. Pyrethroid insecticides prolong the opening of voltage-dependent sodium channels in insect nerves to produce instant paralysis and “knock-down.” Many insects have evolved knock-down resistance through nonsynonymous mutations that reduce pyrethroid binding in the channels. In 2006 we discovered one such mutation in the arbovirus mosquito vector Aedes aegypti, called Ile1,016, that confers very high knockdown resistance to the pyrethroid insecticide permethrin in mosquitoes homozygous for this mutation. We examined collections of Ae. aegypti from México during 1996–2009 and found that the overall Ile1,016 frequency increased from <0.1% in 1996–2000, to 2%–5% in 2003–2006, to 38.3%–88.3% in 2007–2009 depending upon collection location. We also demonstrate a strong linear relationship between the frequency of Ile1,016 homozygotes and knockdown rate in bioassays and speculate that widespread use of permethrin-based insecticides in México may be impacting the frequency of Ile1,016. Such a rapid increase is predicted by a simple model of positive directional selection acting on a recessive allele. Unfortunately this model also predicts rapid fixation of Ile1,016 unless there is a negative fitness associated with Ile1,016 in the absence of permethrin and if insecticidal pressure can be reduced.
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- Gustavo Ponce García
- Laboratorio de Entomología Médica, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, San Nicolás de los Garza, Nuevo León, México
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- Laboratorio de Entomología Médica, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, San Nicolás de los Garza, Nuevo León, México
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- Laboratorio de Entomología Médica, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, San Nicolás de los Garza, Nuevo León, México
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America
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- Centro Regional de Investigación en Salud Pública, Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, Tapachula, Chiapas, México
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- Centro Regional de Investigación en Salud Pública, Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, Tapachula, Chiapas, México
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- Centro Regional de Investigación en Salud Pública, Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, Tapachula, Chiapas, México
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- Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán, Laboratorio de Arbovirología, Centro de Investigaciones Regionales Dr. Hideyo Noguchi, Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán, Mérida, Yucatán, México
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- Servicios Estatales de Salud de Quintana Roo, Servicios Estatales de Salud de Quintana Roo, Chetumal, Quintana Roo, México
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- Vector Group, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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- Vector Group, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America
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Saavedra-Rodriguez K, Urdaneta-Marquez L, Rajatileka S, Moulton M, Flores AE, Fernandez-Salas I, Bisset J, Rodriguez M, McCall PJ, Donnelly MJ, Ranson H, Hemingway J, Black WC. A mutation in the voltage-gated sodium channel gene associated with pyrethroid resistance in Latin American Aedes aegypti. Insect Mol Biol 2007; 16:785-98. [PMID: 18093007 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2583.2007.00774.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 226] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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Pyrethroids are commonly used as mosquito adulticides and evolution of resistance to these compounds is a major threat to public health. 'Knockdown resistance' to pyrethroids (kdr) is frequently caused by nonsynonymous mutations in the voltage-gated sodium channel transmembrane protein (para) that reduce pyrethroid binding. Early detection of kdr is critical to the development of resistance management strategies in mosquitoes including Aedes aegypti, the most prevalent vector of dengue and yellow fever viruses. Brengues et al. described seven novel mutations in hydrophobic segment 6 of domain II of para in Ae. aegypti. Assays on larvae from strains bearing these mutations indicated reduced nerve sensitivity to permethrin inhibition. Two of these occurred in codons Iso1011 and Val1016 in exons 20 and 21 respectively. A transition in the third position of Iso1011 encoded a Met1011 replacement and a transversion in the second position of Val1016 encoded a Gly1016 replacement. We have screened this same region in 1318 mosquitoes in 32 additional strains; 30 from throughout Latin America. While the Gly1016 allele was never detected in Latin America, we found two new mutations in these same codons. A transition in the first position of codon 1011 encodes a Val replacement while a transition in the first position of codon 1016 encodes an Iso replacement. We developed PCR assays for these four mutations that can be read either on an agarose gel or as a melting curve. Selection experiments, one with deltamethrin on a field strain from Santiago de Cuba and another with permethrin on a strain from Isla Mujeres, Mexico rapidly increased the frequency of the Iso1016 allele. Bioassays of F(3) offspring arising from permethrin susceptible Val1016 homozygous parents and permethrin resistant Iso1016 homozygous parents show that Iso1016 segregates as a recessive allele in conferring kdr. Analysis of segregation between alleles at the 1011 and 1016 codons in the F(3) showed a high rate of recombination even though the two codons are only separated by a ~250 bp intron. The tools and information presented provide a means for early detection and characterization of kdr that is critical to the development of strategies for resistance management.
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- K Saavedra-Rodriguez
- Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA
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Flores AE, Grajales JS, Salas IF, Garcia GP, Becerra MHL, Lozano S, Brogdon WG, Black WC, Beaty B. Mechanisms of insecticide resistance in field populations of Aedes aegypti (L.) from Quintana Roo, Southern Mexico. J Am Mosq Control Assoc 2006; 22:672-7. [PMID: 17304936 DOI: 10.2987/8756-971x(2006)22[672:moirif]2.0.co;2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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Potential insecticide-resistance mechanisms were studied with the use of biochemical assays in Aedes aegypti (L.) collected from 5 municipalities representing the north part of Quintana Roo: Benito Juarez, Cozumel, Isla Mujeres, Lazaro Cardenas, and Solidaridad. The activities of alpha and beta esterases, mixed-function oxidases (MFO), glutathione-S-transferase (GST), acethylcholinesterase (AChE), and insensitive acethylcholinesterase (iAChE) were assayed in microplates. Three replicates were performed for each enzyme and 60 males and 60 females were analyzed in each population. The New Orleans (NO) susceptible strain of Ae. aegypti was used as a susceptible reference and the threshold criteria for each enzyme were the highest NO absorbance values. In none of the 6 tests were absorbance values correlated in males and females. alpha esterases were elevated in Benito Juarez, Cozumel females and in Lazaro Cardenas males and females. beta esterases were elevated in Benito Juarez, Cozumel females and in Cozumel and Lazaro Cardenas males. Elevated esterases suggest potential insecticide-resistance mechanisms against organophosphate, carbamate, and some pyrethroid insecticides. Slightly elevated levels of MFOs appeared in Lazaro Cardenas females and in Cozumel, Isla Mujeres, and Solidaridad males. Mechanisms involving iAChE or GST were not apparent.
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- Adriana E Flores
- Laboratorio de Entomologia Medica, Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas, Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Ap. Postal 109-F, San NicolAs de los Garza, NL 66450, Mexico
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Flores AE, Garcia GP, Badii MH, Rodriguez Tovar MAL, Fernandez Salas I. Effects of sublethal concentrations of Vectobac on biological parameters of Aedes aegypti. J Am Mosq Control Assoc 2004; 20:412-417. [PMID: 15669383] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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The effect of sublethal concentrations (30% lethal concentration [LC30] = 0.41 ppm, LC50 = 1.04 ppm, and LC70 = 2.60 ppm) of VectoBac 12 aqueous suspension (AS, Bacillus thuringiensis var. israelensis H-14, 600 ITU/mg) on life parameters of Aedes aegypti and its F1 progeny (not exposed) was assessed in laboratory tests. Based on the data, it was clear that concentrations of 0.41 ppm of VectoBac significantly shortened the duration of the developmental cycle of the exposed mosquitoes, but not that of the F1 (not exposed). Significant differences were found among the proportions of the age-specific survival between each toxic level, whereas the control did not differ from the treated individuals at the LC50 and LC70. The survival curves of the F1 showed significant differences among the different treatments and with the control. A significant effect was found on the fecundity of adults. Age-specific fecundity was markedly lower for the LC50 and LC70 treatments compared to the LC30 treatment and the control. In general, life parameters were affected inversely and significantly at higher concentrations of VectoBac, both in the exposed population of Ae. aegypti and in the F1 (not exposed).
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- Adriana E Flores
- Laboratorio de Entomología Médica, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo Leon, Apartado Postal 109-F, San Nicolás de los Garza, Nuevo León 66450, Mexico
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Ferrieri P, Hillier SL, Krohn MA, Moore D, Paoletti LC, Flores AE. Characterization of vaginal & rectal colonization with multiple serotypes of group B streptococci using multiple colony picks. Indian J Med Res 2004; 119 Suppl:208-12. [PMID: 15232197] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/30/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES There is paucity of information on vaginal and rectal colonization with multiple serotypes of group B streptococci (GBS). As part of an ongoing cohort study evaluating the natural history of vaginal and rectal colonization by GBS, the colonization with multiple serotypes was studied in 102 non-pregnant women aged 18-30 yr. METHODS Up to ten separate colony picks of beta-haemolytic streptococci (total 1515 isolates) were selected from vaginal and rectal primary culture plates. The colonies were identified as GBS, and their capsular polysaccharides (CPS) serotypes determined using monospecific rabbit antisera for types Ia-VIII by double immunodiffusion in agarose (DID). A colony dot immunoblot (DB) assay, using monospecific rabbit antisera to purified type polysaccharides conjugated to tetanus toxoid, was developed to serotype efficiently the multiple colony picks of GBS. RESULTS The CPS serotype distribution, examining only the 177 "a" or first colony picks from the 102 patients, was 30.5 per cent for Ia; 28.2 per cent for type III; 15.3 per cent for type II; and 13.6 per cent for type V. Only 2.8 per cent were nontypeable. Eighty of the 102 patients (78.4%) were colonized with only one serotype; 20 (19.6%) had two serotypes and two patients (2%) had three serotypes in their vaginal and/or rectal paired cultures. Overall, 91.9 per cent of the culture sites colonized with one to three CPS types (from the total number of colonies picked) were identified with a minimum of three colony picks. In 75 patients with vaginal/rectal pairs the GBS serotype concordance of only the "a" colony was 89.3 per cent and concordance decreased to 80 per cent when the serotype concordance of the total colony picks was analyzed. INTERPRETATION & CONCLUSION In conclusion, there was a relatively high prevalence of serotype nonconcordance in this population, and 21.6 per cent of patients had multiple GBS serotypes.
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- P Ferrieri
- University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
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Ferrieri P, Baker CJ, Hillier SL, Flores AE. Diversity of surface protein expression in group B streptococcal colonizing & invasive isolates. Indian J Med Res 2004; 119 Suppl:191-6. [PMID: 15232193] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/30/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES The classification of group B streptococcal (GBS) isolates is based on the capsular polysaccharides (Ia-VIII), and antigenic characterization of clinical isolates is augmented by the detection of various surface-localized protein antigens. In our laboratory, all GBS isolates are routinely analysed for the alpha trypsin-resistant and the beta trypsin-sensitive c protein antigens, as well as other trypsin-resistant proteins R1, R3, and R4, as well as BPS. The purpose of this work was to study diversity of protein expression in colonizing isolates (vaginal and rectal sites) from nonpregnant women and from invasive isolates (blood or CSF) from mothers and their less than seven day old newborn infants. METHODS A total of 289 invasive isolates and 2660 colonizing isolates were collected between 1993-2002. All isolates were tested for polysaccharide serotype and cell surface-expressed protein profile by double immunoprecipation in agarose using monospecific antisera. RESULTS Among the 289 invasive isolates, 89.6 per cent expressed one or more trypsin-resistant proteins; 93 per cent of the colonizing isolates expressed one or more of these proteins. Overall, the most common surface protein expression profile by GBS serotype was: alpha in type Ia; alpha plus beta in type Ib; alpha and R4 in type II; R4 in type III; and co-expression of R1 plus R4 in isolates of type V. BPS was found in five (1.7%) invasive isolates, alone in two isolates and with other proteins in three isolates. Among 2660 colonizing isolates, BPS was found alone in 15 (0.6%) and in 57 additional isolates with other proteins. Among the total isolates, BPS was found predominantly in serotype Ia isolates, also expressing R1. Uncommon protein profiles of known serotypes included 11 type III isolates expressing alpha plus beta. Among 72 nontypable colonizing isolates, expression of R1 plus R4 was the commonest (33.3%) profile. INTERPRETATION & CONCLUSION The GBS surface proteins and the common serotypes were distributed comparably in colonizing and invasive isolates. Trypsin-resistant, alpha and alpha-like proteins, R1 and R4 were the most prevalent. The phenotypic diversity of the surface-localized protein antigens of GBS is intriguing, and genotypic analysis will permit consensus in nomenclature from laboratory to laboratory.
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- P Ferrieri
- University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
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Badii MH, Hernández-Ortiz E, Flores AE, Landeros J. Prey stage preference and functional response of Euseius hibisci to Tetranychus urticae (Acari: Phytoseiidae, Tetranychidae). Exp Appl Acarol 2004; 34:263-273. [PMID: 15651524 DOI: 10.1007/s10493-004-1180-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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The aims of this study were: (a) determine the prey stage preference of female Euseius hibisci (Chant) (Phytoseiidae) at constant densities of different stages of Tetranychus urticae Koch (Tetranychidae), (b) assess the functional response of the predator females to the varying densities of eggs, larvae, or protonymphs of T. urticae, and (c) estimate the functional response of E. hibisci when pollen of Ligustrum ovalifolium was present as well. We conducted experiments on excised pieces of strawberry leaf arenas (Fragaria ananassa) under laboratory conditions of 25+/-2 degrees C, 60+/-5% RH and 12 h photophase. Our results indicated that the predator consumed significantly more prey eggs than other prey stages. Consumption of prey deutonymphs and adults was so low that they were excluded from the non-choice functional response experiments. The functional response on all food items was of type II. The two parameters of the functional response were estimated for each prey type by means of the adjusted non-linear regression model. The highest estimated value a' (instantaneous rate of discovery) and the lowest value of Th (handling time, including digestion) were found for the predator feeding on prey eggs, and a' was lowest and Th highest when fed protonymphs. Using the jack-knife method, the values for the functional response parameters were estimated. The values of a' and Th produced by the model were similar among all prey types except for the eggs, which were different. Using pollen simultaneously with prey larvae decreased the consumption of the latter over the full range of prey densities The suitability of this predator for biological control of T. urticae on strawberry is discussed.
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Landeros J, Guevara LP, Badii MH, Flores AE, Pámanes A. Effect of different densities of the twospotted spider mite Tetranychus urticae on CO2 assimilation, transpiration, and stomatal behaviour in rose leaves. Exp Appl Acarol 2004; 32:187-198. [PMID: 15139084 DOI: 10.1023/b:appa.0000021788.07667.6b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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The effect of population density of Tetranychus urticae Koch on CO2 assimilation, transpiration and stomatal behaviour in rose leaves and on the diameter and length of stems and flower buds was investigated under greenhouse conditions. The investigation was performed in order to gain more insight into integrated control systems in rose crops grown under greenhouse conditions. Physiological processes, such as photosynthesis and transpiration, as well as stomatal behaviour and chlorophyll content, were studied as they form part of the plant's nutrition mechanism and therefore affect the quantity and quality of the flowers. Information related to the effect of spider mite population density on bloom quality, diameter and length of stems and flower buds was also collected. The data indicate that increased mite density coincides with a decrease in the net photosynthetic rate, transpiration and chlorophyll content. Higher mite densities on leaves cause stomata to remain open for longer periods, which allows a greater loss of water. Spider mite densities of 10 and 50 mites per leaf cause a reduction in flower stem length of 17 and 26%, respectively, as compared to plants with no mites present.
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- Departamento de Parasitología, Universidad Autónoma Agraria Antonio Narro, C.P. 25315 Buenavista, Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico.
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Ponce G G, Flores AE, Badii MH, Rodríguez-Tovar ML, Fernández-Salas I. Laboratory evaluation of Vectobac as against Aedes aegypti in Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico. J Am Mosq Control Assoc 2002; 18:341-343. [PMID: 12545970] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Intensive use of the organophosphate insecticide malathion against adults and temephos against larvae of Aedes aegypti in Mexico over the past 30 years has led to problems requiring the use of new larvicides. Toward this objective, Bacillus thuringiensis var. israelensis (Bti), a target-specific and environmentally safer control agent, was evaluated. Laboratory bioassays were done to determine the susceptibility of 2nd- and 3rd-stage larvae of Ae. aegypti to Vectobac 12 AS (aqueous suspension, 600 ITU/mg). A median lethal concentration of 0.0104 ppm and a 95% lethal concentration of 0.18 ppm were determined after 24 h of exposure to the agent. The values obtained were adjusted for field application and were further tested in the field by the State of Nuevo León, Mexico Vector Control Program. Suspensions of Bti were poured into pipe-water trucks and transferred to domestic 200-gal metal water drums. Larval populations were reduced during a 2-week study period. However, residents complained about a fine dusty film on the water surface. Nevertheless, these results are promising for future Bti field applications.
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- Gustavo Ponce G
- Laboratorio de Entomología Médica, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo León, Apartado Postal 391, San Nicolás de los Garza, Nuevo León 66450, Mexico
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Stocking AJ, Deeb RA, Flores AE, Stringfellow W, Talley J, Brownell R, Kavanaugh MC. Bioremediation of MTBE: a review from a practical perspective. Biodegradation 2001; 11:187-201. [PMID: 11440244 DOI: 10.1023/a:1011126414642] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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The addition of methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE) to gasoline has resulted in public uncertainty regarding the continued reliance on biological processes for gasoline remediation. Despite this concern, researchers have shown that MTBE can be effectively degraded in the laboratory under aerobic conditions using pure and mixed cultures with half-lives ranging from 0.04 to 29 days. Ex-situ aerobic fixed-film and aerobic suspended growth bioreactor studies have demonstrated decreases in MTBE concentrations of 83% and 96% with hydraulic residence times of 0.3 hrs and 3 days, respectively. In microcosm and field studies, aerobic biodegradation half-lives range from 2 to 693 days. These half-lives have been shown to decrease with increasing dissolved oxygen concentrations and, in some cases, with the addition of exogenous MTBE-degraders. MTBE concentrations have also been observed to decrease under anaerobic conditions; however, these rates are not as well defined. Several detailed field case studies describing the use of ex-situ reactors, natural attenuation, and bioaugmentation are presented in this paper and demonstrate the potential for successful remediation of MTBE-contaminated aquifers. In conclusion, a substantial amount of literature is available which demonstrates that the in-situ biodegradation of MTBE is contingent on achieving aerobic conditions in the contaminated aquifer.
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- A J Stocking
- Malcolm Pirnie, Inc, Oakland, California 94612-3754, USA
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de Souza FR, Fighera MR, Lima TT, de Bastiani J, Barcellos IB, Almeida CE, de Oliveira MR, Bonacorso HG, Flores AE, de Mello CF. 3-Methyl-5-hydroxy-5-trichloromethyl-1H-1-pyrazolcarboxyamide induces antinociception. Pharmacol Biochem Behav 2001; 68:525-30. [PMID: 11325408 DOI: 10.1016/s0091-3057(01)00453-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The antinociceptive action of a novel pyrazole-derived compound, 3-methyl-5-hydroxy-5-trichloromethyl-1H-1-pyrazolcarboxyamide (MPCA) was evaluated using the formalin and tail-immersion tests in mice. Anti-inflammatory activity was assessed by paw plethysmometry in adult rats using the carrageenin-induced paw edema test. Subcutaneous administration of MPCA (22, 66, and 200 mg/kg) induced a dose-dependent decrease in the time spent licking during the neurogenic and inflammatory phases of the formalin test, and preadministration of naloxone (1 mg/kg, sc) did not prevent MPCA-induced (200 mg/kg, sc) antinociception. Naloxone decreased the spontaneous locomotor activity of mice, while MPCA had no effect on locomotion. In contrast, administration of the opioid antagonist caused a significant increase in the locomotor behavior of mice previously injected with MPCA. MPCA was devoid of antinociceptive action by the tail-immersion test and of anti-inflammatory activity. Moreover, MPCA had no effect on the motor performance of mice in the rotarod test. These results suggest that MPCA induces antinociception in the neurogenic and inflammatory phases of the formalin test, an effect that does not involve opioid receptors.
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- F R de Souza
- Departamento de Química, Centro de Ciências Naturais e Exatas, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, 97105-900 RS, Santa Maria, Brazil
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Zaleznik DF, Rench MA, Hillier S, Krohn MA, Platt R, Lee ML, Flores AE, Ferrieri P, Baker CJ. Invasive disease due to group B Streptococcus in pregnant women and neonates from diverse population groups. Clin Infect Dis 2000; 30:276-81. [PMID: 10671328 DOI: 10.1086/313665] [Citation(s) in RCA: 133] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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From 1993 through 1996, surveillance for invasive disease due to group B Streptococcus (GBS) in neonates aged <7 days and in peripartum pregnant women was performed in a racially and ethnically diverse cohort in 4 cities in the United States. In a birth population of 157,184, 130 neonatal cases (0.8 per 1000) and 54 maternal cases (0.3 per 1000) were identified. Significant correlates with neonatal disease were black or Hispanic race and a birth weight <2500 g. The attack rate for peripartum maternal infection varied widely by city and may have been influenced by the frequency of administration of intrapartum antibiotics or of evaluating febrile women by performance of blood cultures. Pregnancy loss or GBS disease in the infant occurred in 28% of these maternal cases. Among neonatal and maternal GBS isolates, serotypes Ia (34%-37%) and III (25%-26%) predominated, and type V was frequent (14%-23%). These results provide a description of invasive GBS perinatal infection during the period in which guidelines for prevention were actively disseminated.
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- D F Zaleznik
- Division of Infectious Diseases, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA
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Group B Streptococcus (GBS) is one of the most common organisms causing neonatal sepsis as well as serious infections in adults. Serotyping the organism is important in studying the epidemiology of the disease as well as deciding a course of treatment. There are several methods available for serotyping. Most of them need high-titered sera and are not quantitative. We are reporting a new inhibition enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for serotyping which is sensitive and specific compared to the conventional methods but does not need high-titered serotype-specific antisera, as the specificity is controlled by the polysaccharide coating on the ELISA plates. The method can also be quantitative, and we have measured polysaccharide elaborated by different serotype V strains. Thus, the inhibition ELISA method will be useful in serotyping for epidemiological studies, assessing virulence, and performing strain selection for vaccine production.
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- G Arakere
- Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, Bethesda, Maryland 20853, USA.
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Results from characterization of 211 GBS isolates from early-onset disease indicated that serotypes Ia, III and V accounted for almost 80% of the isolates, and that alpha was the protein most often expressed. Each of the common polysaccharide types had a characteristic predominant protein expression pattern: alpha for Ia, R4 for type III and R1+R4 for type V isolates. Expression of alpha protein was always mutually exclusive of R proteins. The presence of more than one species of R by a given isolate was confirmed by IEP. In addition, PAGE/WB studies verified the multiple MW forms of R1, and the variation from strain to strain in the highest form of R4 that we had previously reported. Our data not only showed the great complexity of the GBS cell surface but also demonstrated the advantage of using both type polysaccharides and surface-localized proteins as markers for characterization of GBS strains.
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- P Ferrieri
- Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, USA
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Ferrieri P, Cho DS, Livdahl C, Rubens CE, Flores AE. DNA restriction profiles of nontypable group B streptococcal clinical isolates. Adv Exp Med Biol 1997; 418:343-6. [PMID: 9331666 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4899-1825-3_82] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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- P Ferrieri
- Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, USA
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The glnA gene from the human pathogen Streptococcus agalactiae was cloned from a genomic library prepared with the lambda phage vector lambdaDASHII. A 4.6-kb DNA fragment of one of the recombinant phages was subcloned in pUC18. This Escherichia coli clone expressed a 52-kDa protein encoded by a 1,341-bp open reading frame. The nucleotide sequence of the open reading frame and the deduced amino acid sequence shared a significant degree of homology with the sequences of other glutamine synthetases (GS). The highest homology was between our deduced protein and GS of gram-positive bacteria such as Bacillus subtilis, Bacillus cereus, and Staphylococcus aureus. Plasmids with the cloned streptococcal glnA were able to complement E. coli glnA mutants grown on minimal media. Rabbit antisera to streptococcal GS recombinant protein recognized not only the recombinant protein but also a similar-sized band in mutanolysin extracts of all group B streptococcal strains tested, regardless of polysaccharide type or surface protein profile. The amino acid sequence of the deduced protein had similarities to other streptococcal cell-surface-bound proteins. The possible functional role of the immunological features of streptococcal GS is discussed.
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- A N Suvorov
- Institute Experimental Medicine, St. Petersburg, Russia
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