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Visualizing Efficacy of Pesticides Against Disease Vector Mosquitoes in the Field
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Visualizing Efficacy of Pesticides Against Disease Vector Mosquitoes in the Field
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10:49 min

March 16, 2019

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Chapters

  • 00:04Title
  • 00:48Sentinel Insect Rearing and Sentinel Cage Preparations
  • 03:56Field Site Preparation
  • 05:32Sentinel Cage Deployment, Pesticide Application, and Mortality Data Recording and Analysis
  • 08:27Results: Representative Pesticide Efficacy Mapping
  • 09:46Conclusion

Summary

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The efficacy of public health pesticides targeting nuisance and disease-vector insects is not uniform across different ecological zones. Here we present a system of techniques using captive vector insects as sentinels for pesticide efficacy to derive electronic maps supporting the standard evaluation of pesticides across multiple environments.

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