Locomotor activity in Aedes aegypti with different insecticide resistance profiles.

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate locomotor activity in four field populations of Ae. aegypti with different insecticide resistance profiles from the state of São Paulo for two years. METHODS: This study comprised the susceptible Rockefeller strain and four populations from São Paulo, Brazil: two considered populations with "reduced susceptibility" to pyrethroids (Campinas and Marília), and two "resistant populations" (Santos and Ribeirão Preto). First, 2016 and 2017 eggs from these five populations were hatched in laboratory. Virgin females underwent experiments under laboratory conditions at 25°C, with 12:12h light/dark (LD) photoperiod; 24-hour individual activity was recorded using a locomotor activity monitor (LAM). RESULTS: In females from 2016 field populations, both resistant populations showed significant more locomotor activity than the two reduced susceptibility populations and the Rockefeller strain (p < 0.05). As for females from 2017 field populations, reduced susceptibility populations showed a significant increased locomotor activity than the Rockefeller strain, but no significant difference when compared to Santos resistant population (p > 0.05). CONCLUSIONS: Our results indicate that insecticide-resistant Ae. aegypti populations show increased locomotor activity, which may affect the transmission dynamics of their arboviruses.

Avaliação da atividade locomotora de Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) com diferentes perfis de resistência a inseticidas do Estado de São Paulo / Evaluation of the locomotor activity of Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) with different insecticide resistance profiles of the State of São Paulo

Diversas populações de Aedes (Stegomyia) aegypti (Linnaeus) têm mostrado resistência a muitos inseticidas químicos, empregados no controle desse vetor de arboviroses como dengue, chikungunya, Zika e febre amarela urbana. O presente trabalho teve como objetivo avaliar quantitativamente a atividade locomotora de cinco populações de Ae. aegypti do Estado de São Paulo, com diferentes perfis de resistências a inseticidas, sendo Campinas e Marília suscetíveis, Santos, Ribeirão Preto e Barretos resistentes e uma linhagem controle Rockefeller. Além disso, foram feitas comparações entre as populações testadas e verificado se populações com perfis de resistência a inseticidas não aumentaram a atividade locomotora. A atividade locomotora das populações foi avaliada e aquelas classificadas como resistentes, mostraram um aumento da atividade locomotora em relação ao grupo controle, exceto a população de Barretos em relação a Rockefeller de 2016 (KW; p = 0,05). As populações suscetíveis de Campinas e Marília, diferentemente de 2016, apresentaram um padrão de atividade locomotora semelhante ao da população resistente de Santos, em 2017 (Dunn; z = 1,46; p = 0,11 | z = 0,33; p = 0,71). Desta forma, populações de Ae. aegypti do Estado de São Paulo, com resistência a inseticida, mostraram um aumento na atividade locomotora, e experimentos realizados em diferentes anos mostraram uma mudança no perfil populacional de Campinas e Marília quanto à resistência a inseticida, de acordo com a atividade

Several populations of Aedes (Stegomyia) aegypti (Linnaeus) have shown resistance to many chemical insecticides, which are used to control this vector of arboviruses such as dengue, chikungunya, Zika and urban yellow fever. The present study had as objective to quantitatively evaluate the locomotor activity of five populations of Ae. aegypti of the State of São Paulo, with different insecticide resistance profiles, being Campinas and Marília as susceptible, Santos, Ribeirão Preto and Barretos as resistant and Rockefeller control strain. In addition, comparisons were made between the populations tested, and it was verified that populations with profiles of insecticide resistance did not increase locomotor activity. The locomotor activity of the populations was evaluated and those classified as resistant showed an increase in locomotor activity in relation to the control group, except the population of Barretos in relation to Rockefeller of 2016 (KW; p = 0.05). Populations susceptible to Campinas and Marília, differently from 2016, showed a pattern of locomotor activity similar to Santos resistant population in 2017 (Dunn; z = 1,46, p = 0,11 | z = 0,33, p = 0.71). This way, populations of Ae. aegypti from the State of São Paulo, with resistance to insecticide, showed an increase in locomotor activity, and experiments carried out in different years showed a change in the population profile of Campinas and Marília regarding insecticide resistance, according to the locomotor