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Student Competition I

Student Competition I

Session: Student Competition I

33 - Adapting standard mosquito research methods for monitoring insecticide susceptibility and resistance in Culicoides biting midges

Tuesday, March 5, 2024
1:45pm – 1:55pm  
Location: A1
Abstract:

Tools for monitoring insecticide susceptibility and resistance in Culicoides no-see-ums are unavailable. We modified methods for insecticide trials using field susceptibility cages and CDC bottle bioassays that are commonly used in mosquitoes, to evaluate the susceptibility of Culicoides to permethrin (pyrethroid). Adult Culicoides were susceptible to permethrin delivered in ultra-low volume applications and CDC bottle bioassays. These methodologies will be used to monitor insecticide susceptibility and resistance in species that vector hemorrhagic disease viruses.