128 - Monitoring and managing insecticide resistance in mosquitoes

Abstract: The American Mosquito Control Association has produced a series of instructional videos for each chapter of the Best Practices for Mosquito Control guide that provides guidance and data-based instruction on a variety of common topics faced by vector control agencies and operational personnel. Monitoring and managing insecticide resistance (IR) is one of these lessons and IR is an increasingly common problem for vector control programs. IR can compromise the control of public health pests like mosquitoes by reducing the efficacy of operational control methods. Mosquito control programs must still be effective to control the spread of disease, even though insecticide resistance may be strong. Thus, successful implementation of the latest knowledge-based resistance monitoring and management strategies is required to maintain effective control.

This presentation reviews the video lesson on Monitoring and Managing Insecticide Resistance. Areas discussed are the mechanisms that result in IR; the standard methods that are used to characterize IR; how laboratory detection of IR relates to field operations; the strategies that can be implemented to manage IR; and the implementation of integrated vector management as the most effective means for long-term control.