Module 12 Insecticide Resistance

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Welcome to Module 12 Insecticide Resistance of the AMCA Best Practices for Integrated Mosquito Management Virtual Training Program. This training program will provide you with the knowledge needed to understand and conduct Integrated Mosquito Management (IMM); including topics such as mosquito biology and the five main components of IMM: community engagement, collecting and using data, reducing potential larval habitat, using all control methods available and reasonable, and regularly evaluating the efficacy of the program.

Specifically, this module will cover:

• The implications for insecticide resistance to all mosquito control
• Selection for insecticide resistance
• Mechanisms of insecticide resistance
• Investigating insecticide resistance in field collected mosquitoes
• Insecticide resistance management strategies

If you are interested in completing the AMCA Best Practices for Integrated Mosquito Management Virtual Training Program Certificate, you MUST do this module within the overall program. If you have not come to this page from the program please subscribe to the program prior to beginning this module, please click here to begin. 

Recommended reading for this module:

• Pages 79-81 in "Best Practices for Integrated Mosquito Management" found at  https://www.mosquito.org/assets/pdf/hr_november_2021_amca_bmp_ma/

Additional Resources

1. Scott, M. L. et al. 2021. Characterization of pyrethroid resistance mechanisms in Aedes aegypti from the Florida Keys. The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 104(3), 1111.
2. IRAC. 2011. Resistance Management for Sustainable Agriculture and Improved Public Health. https://irac-online.org/documents/irm-vector-manual/