Study summary
Vapor toxicity of five volatile pyrethroids against Aedes aegypti, Aedes albopictus, Culex quinquefasciatus, and Anopheles quadrimaculatus
Bibbs CS, et al.
Read the original paper- Study type
- Lab
- Year
- 2018
- Published in
- Pest Management Science 74(12):2699-2706
- Evidence strength
- Limited evidence
Summary
Laboratory vapor-toxicity ranking of five volatile pyrethroids against four mosquito species.
Key findings
Vapor LC50/LC90 across all four species ranked transfluthrin and meperfluthrin as the most potent, then metofluthrin, then prallethrin; the fluorinated pyrethroids killed at lower vapor concentrations than non-fluorinated prallethrin.
Limitations
Static-chamber lab assay measuring lethality, not field spatial protection of people.