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Mosquito Biology and Integrated Mosquito Management - Module 1

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Integrated Mosquito Management
Faculty:
Dan Markowski, Ph. D. |  Jennifer R. Gordon, Ph. D.
Course Levels:
All Levels
Duration:
24 minutes
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Audio and Video
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Description

Welcome to Module 1 Mosquito Biology and Integrated Mosquito Management 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:

  • Mosquito diversity
  • Impact of mosquitoes on humans and animals
  • Fundamentals of mosquito biology and ecology
  • Roadmap to integrated mosquito management
  • What to expect in future modules

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:

Additional Resources

  1. AMCA. 2021. Best Practices for Integrated Mosquito Management. American Mosquito Control Association. Sacramento, CA. https://www.mosquito.org/assets/pdf/hr_november_2021_amca_bmp_ma/

Handouts

Additional Resources
  1. AMCA. 2021. Best Practices for Integrated Mosquito Management. American Mosquito Control Association. Sacramento, CA. https://www.mosquito.org/assets/pdf/hr_november_2021_amca_bmp_ma/

Faculty

Dan Markowski, Ph. D. Related Seminars and Products

Technical Advisor

AMCA

Dr. Daniel Markowski has served on the front lines of the nation’s various mosquito-borne disease outbreaks from West Nile virus to Zika virus and worked with various local agencies to quell the outbreaks. He has also coordinated aerial responses to every major hurricane event in the US since 2004. In the spring of 2022, he accepted a position as the Technical Advisor for the American Mosquito Control Association (AMCA). In this capacity, Markowski represents the Association’s members on all operational, technical, legislative, and regulatory matters related to the vector surveillance and control industry.

Jennifer R. Gordon, Ph. D. Related Seminars and Products

Dr. Jennifer Gordon is the Founder and Principal Entomologist at Bug Lessons Consulting. She has been active in the field of entomology for over 15 years and earned her M.S. investigating insecticide resistance in Culex quinquefasciatus and her Ph.D. investigating insecticide resistance in the bed bug, Cimex lectularius. She has worked at the corporate level supporting and developing personal and spatial mosquito repellents and consumer and professional mosquito control products and processes. Additionally, she has served as a seasonal mosquito control technician for her local mosquito control program and partnered with mosquito control programs as part of her professional responsibilities. She was a Science Policy Fellow for the Entomological Society of America and, most recently, received the Presidential Citation award from the AMCA for her work on their best practices manuals.

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