Collaboration and Innovation: CDCs COE Partnerships with AMCA Professionals Symposium I
Collaboration and Innovation: CDCs COE Partnerships with AMCA Professionals Symposium I
The Northeast Regional Center for Excellence in Vector-Borne Diseases (NEVBD) pesticide resistance monitoring program was created in 2019 to expand resistance monitoring capacity across Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions and gather baseline data for medically important mosquito populations. We developed a specimen submission system and testing protocols for larvicide and adult active ingredients commonly used regionally. During the first 5 years of the program, NEVBD collaborated with 40 county and regional mosquito control programs, and conducted resistance assays on larval and adult Culex pipiens and Aedes albopictus from 10 states totaling 176 different sampling locations. This regional network of collaborators has accomplished what one institution could not. Our partnerships have enable us to investigate insecticide resistance through field trials, provide on-site trainings, and characterize insecticide resistance mechanisms. We will highlight our collaboration with Virginia mosquito control agencies that has enabled us to further evaluate resistance in Cx. pipiens beyond the CDC bottle bioassay.