Abstract: Chemical control of adult vector mosquitoes relies on effective evaluation of active ingredients to determine their performance on healthy vector populations. However, chemical control is frequently used to quell potential disease outbreaks from infected adult mosquitoes. Evaluation of active ingredients of chemical controls to pathogen exposed mosquitoes has not been performed and therefore the condition of mosquitoes utilized in bioassays evaluating active ingredients is flawed. Here we evaluate LD50 difference to pathogen exposed mosquitoes and non-exposed mosquitoes to determine if prior pathogen exposure influences insecticide susceptibility. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
