Visualizing Efficacy of Pesticides Against Disease Vector Mosquitoes in the FieldSeth C. Britch 1, Kenneth J. Linthicum 1, Robert L. Aldridge 1, Frances V. Golden 1, Todd W. Walker 2
1Mosquito & Fly Research Unit, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service Center for Medical, Agricultural, & Veterinary Entomology, 2East Baton Rouge Mosquito Abatement and Rodent Control
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.
