Bull World Health Organ. 1961;24(4-5):541-5.
Seasonal variations in the susceptibility of adult mosquitos to some chlorinated-hydrocarbon insecticides appeared, in some countries, to be due to the differences in temperature at the time the tests were carried out. This also seemed to apply to Aëdes aegypti adults tested with dieldrin at Arusha, Tanganyika. Tests were therefore carried out throughout the various seasons and the results showed that when there was a decrease in the temperature at the time of treatment, the susceptibility of the adults was considerably decreased; consequently, A. aegypti adults are unlikely to be a satisfactory standard insect for tests with dieldrin. The possibility of a connexion between the activity of the mosquito at different temperatures and the susceptibility must be considered.
在一些国家,成蚊对某些氯化烃类杀虫剂敏感性的季节性变化似乎是由于在进行试验时温度的不同所致。这似乎也适用于在坦噶尼喀阿鲁沙用狄氏剂对埃及伊蚊成蚊进行的试验。因此,在各个季节都进行了试验,结果表明,当处理时的温度下降时,成蚊的敏感性大大降低;因此,埃及伊蚊成蚊不太可能成为狄氏剂试验的理想标准昆虫。必须考虑到不同温度下蚊子的活动与敏感性之间可能存在的联系。