Lethal and residual effects of lambdacyhalothrin, deltamethrin and cyfluthrin insecticides on adult mosquitoes of anopheles stephensi liston [diptera: culicidae] on different surfaces

ABSTRACT

Background: Human malaria remains a major malady in Eastern Iran. Vector control interventions such as indoor residual spraying are used to fight with the disease. This study was undertaken to determine the lethal and residual effects of three different pyrethroid insecticides on adult mosquitoes of Anopheles stephensi on different surfaces in Iran, as part of a national program to monitor insecticide resistance in endemic areas