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2. Malathion - Wikipedia

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   Malathion is a pesticide that is widely used in agriculture, residential landscaping, public recreation areas, and in public health pest control programs such as mosquito eradication. [5] In the US, it is the most commonly used organophosphate insecticide.

3. Mosquito control - Wikipedia

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   Mosquito control manages the population of mosquitoes to reduce their damage to human health, economies, and enjoyment. Mosquito control is a vital public-health practice throughout the world and especially in the tropics because mosquitoes spread many diseases, such as malaria and the Zika virus .

4. DDT - Wikipedia

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   The country resumed DDT vector control but the mosquitoes had evolved resistance in the interim, presumably because of continued agricultural use. The program switched to malathion, but despite initial successes, malaria continued its resurgence into the 1980s. [45] [125] DDT remains on WHO's list of insecticides recommended for IRS.

5. Indoor residual spraying - Wikipedia

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   Mosquitoes are killed or repelled by the spray, preventing the transmission of the disease. In 2008, 44 countries employed IRS as a malaria control strategy. [ 1 ] Several pesticides have historically been used for IRS, the first and most well-known being DDT .

6. Anopheles culicifacies - Wikipedia

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   This again led to using another insecticide called malathion, and similarly, resistance evolved. As resistance merged, large outbreaks began to occur. Today, in most parts of India An. culicifacies is resistant to DDT and HCH, and in some states, like Gujarat and Orissa, they are also resistant to malathion and most commonly used insecticides. [7]

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