Background: Vector-borne diseases transmitted by insect vectors such as mosquitoes occur in over 100 countries and affect almost half of the world’s population. Culexpipienscomplex is the vector of West Nile Encephalitis, Japanese encephalitis, Saint Louis encephalitis, avian malaria and lymphatic Elephantiasis vectors. Vector control using insecticides is recommended, but the emergence of insecticide resistance is threat for control and prevention of vector borne diseases. Understanding of insecticide resistance helps to formulate a global strategy to control insecticide resistance in vectors. Materials and Methods: Worldwide insecticide resistance in these specieswas found by the available papers and map of the data for carbamates, organochlorines, organophosphates, pyrethroids, microbial and insect growth regulator insecticides weredone. An intensive search of scientific literature was done in “PubMed”, “Web of Knowledge”, “Scopus”, “Google Scholar”, “SID”, etc. Results: Results showed a wide variety of susceptibility/resistance status of Culexpipiens complex to these insecticides in world. Discussion: Due to importance ofthis species in transmission of diseases, resistance management strategies should be further considered in to prevent from insecticide resistance and replacement of novel approach for vector control.
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