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THE development of resistance in anopheline mosquitoes to DDT, HCH, and cyclodienes, and the consequent set back in malaria eradication programmes has lent urgency to the search for alternative insecticides to replace the chlorinated hydrocarbons. During the past few years, more than 1,300 new insecticides, chiefly organophosphates and carbamates, have been tested under an international collaborative programme of the World Health Organization1. Testing consists of seven sequential stages and only insecticides that satisfy the criteria in all stages are recommended for use on a large scale.
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ARIARATNAM, V., GEORGHIOU, G. Selection for Resistance to Carbamate and Organophosphorus Insecticides in Anopheles albimanus. Nature 232, 642–644 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1038/232642a0
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