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Reported Resistance Case(s)

Species: xenopsylla astia

Order Family Common Name(s) Group Host
siphonaptera pulicidae indian rat flea MED

Active Ingredient: BHC/cyclodienes - Unspecified In Literature

MOA: GABA-gated chloride channel antagonists, Cyclodiene organochlorines
Group: CYCLO CAS #: 0 Shaugnessy Code: 0

Resistance Case(s)

Case Id Year of Report Type of Resistance Location Reference
G3891 1980 Field Evolved Resistance
Burma WHO 1980. (1980).
G318 1961 Field Evolved Resistance
India Sharma, M. I. D. and Joshi, G. C. (1961). A preliminary note on DDT resistance in rat fleas, Zenopsylla cheopis and Zenopsylla astia, in a sprayed area of Delhi.. Bull. WHO, 25 270.
*The population was created solely by selection and/or genetic manipulation.
**The population was selected further in the laboratory after collection.