BUSVINE J R
Bull World Health Organ. 1964;31(5):645-56.
The author reviews various laboratory investigations of the effects of insecticides on mosquito behaviour. The only extensive data on this subject concern the effects of DDT on irritability. The measurement of this response is discussed, and information is collated on the factors affecting it, such as the type and state of the insecticide, the species and physiological state of the mosquito and environmental factors including temperature, humidity, light and crowding. The author concludes that, despite the numerous difficulties associated with this subject, a sound technique (such as that recommended by the WHO Expert Committee on Insecticides) should be adequate to detect inherent differences in irritability between mosquito colonies, of a magnitude likely to be important in practice.An annex describes tests carried out by the author on strains of two anopheline and four culicine species with the irritability test method recommended by the WHO Expert Committee on Insecticides. Four DDT-resistant strains were less irritated by DDT than normal colonies, the difference being significant in the two culicine resistant strains.
作者回顾了关于杀虫剂对蚊子行为影响的各种实验室研究。关于这个主题的唯一广泛数据涉及滴滴涕对易怒性的影响。讨论了这种反应的测量方法，并整理了影响它的因素的信息，如杀虫剂的类型和状态、蚊子的种类和生理状态以及包括温度、湿度、光照和拥挤程度在内的环境因素。作者得出结论，尽管与这个主题相关存在诸多困难，但一种完善的技术（如世界卫生组织杀虫剂专家委员会推荐的技术）应该足以检测蚊子群体之间易怒性的内在差异，这种差异在实际中可能具有重要意义。一个附录描述了作者使用世界卫生组织杀虫剂专家委员会推荐的易怒性测试方法对两种按蚊和四种库蚊品系进行的测试。四个抗滴滴涕品系对滴滴涕的易怒反应比正常群体小，在两个抗滴滴涕的库蚊品系中差异显著。
