Check out the buzz from GT Molecular at AMCA 2026! 🦟Come say hi to Sal Ibrahim at Booth #416! We’re diving deep into the latest assay kits and testing services in arbovirus surveillance for advanced and rapid PCR detection solutions in vector control.

#AMCA2026 #VectorControl #PublicHealth

📢 2nd INOVEC Conference
📍 Montpellier, France 📅 7–8 Oct 2026

Researchers, public health actors, industry & stakeholders are invited to join.

📄 Call for abstracts open until 31 May 2026
🔎 Submit an abstract | Register | View programme
inovecproject.com/2%e2%81%bf%e...

#VectorControl

Attendees of the APMEN Learning Visit pose for a group photo.

In Feb, we hosted an APMEN learning visit w #Cambodia's CNM in Stung Treng province. #Malaria programme leaders from Melanesian countries gained first-hand insights from health workers serving remote communities.

Read more ➡️ www.malariaconsortium.org/blog/apmen-b...

#VectorControl #GlobalHealth

Response to Chikungunya fever in China: are we ready?

This article outlines the epidemiology of #Chikungunyavirus and highlights emerging outbreaks in #China, stressing the importance of surveillance, #VectorControl, and #PublicHealth measures to manage this #MosquitoBorne disease.
#ImmunoSky #MedSky

#OpenAccess: doi.org/10.1016/j.dc...

Innovative vector control strategies are emerging. Mosquito-mediated pesticide dissemination using pyriproxyfen offers new approaches for controlling mosquito populations and reducing disease transmission.
Read more: doi.org/10.1016/j.dc...
#VectorControl #Mosquitoes #Pyriproxyfen #InsectControl

Symbiotic bacteria can influence mosquito vector competence. Research on Wolbachia density and environmental factors highlights mechanisms behind pathogen blocking in mosquitoes.
Read more: doi.org/10.1016/j.dc...
#Wolbachia #Mosquitoes #VectorControl #Symbiosis #VectorBorneDiseases

🦟 Interested in vector surveillance and insecticide resistance?

Join the WINSA Network 4th Annual Meeting on insecticide-resistant arthropod vectors 🌎

📅 9 Mar 2026
🕑 08:30–16:30 Bogotá | 14:30–22:30 CET
🔗 lnkd.in/evk6NXYz
#INOVEC #VectorControl #VectorBorneDiseases

🌍🔬 This week oficialfiocruz.bsky.social welcomes Romy Freund from @biogents.bsky.social for a 2-month staff mobility under #INOVEC 🤝Public–private R&D collaboration to test innovative #traps and spatial repellents against #Aedes aegypti in urban areas in #Brazil 🦟✨
#ResearchInnovation #VectorControl

Mosquitoes as pesticide disseminators: Advancing pyriproxyfen-based technologies for next-generation vector control

#Pyriproxyfen is a low-toxicity #InsectGrowthRegulator disrupting mosquito development, with dissemination stations and boosted sterile/incompatible techniques helping fight #InsecticideResistance and strengthen global #VectorControl.
#OpenAccess: doi.org/10.1016/j.dc...

New UF research tested permethrin-treated barriers and pour-on applications on a Florida deer farm. These tools can play an important role in integrated vector management programs for deer farms.

Link to paper:
academic.oup.com/jme/article/...

#DeerFarming #VectorControl #CHeRI

Poster for APMEN webinar. Text reads: Vector Control in Compromised Settings. 28 January 2026. 2:00 PM Singapore time.

🖥️ Join experts for this APMEN webinar chaired by Malaria Consortium's Leo Braack, exploring how #malaria prevention strategies like #VectorControl can be adapted in settings affected by #humanitarian emergencies or population displacement.

Register ➡️ tiny.cc/APMEN60

New research in #RESMedVetEnt

Transposable elements in the #transcriptome of #Aedes (Stegomyia) aegypti (Linnaeus, 1762)
doi.org/10.1111/mve.70040

#TransposableElements #InsectVectors #VectorControl
@wileyeco.bsky.social

This review highlights #pyriproxyfen as a #InsectGrowthRegulator that disrupts #mosquito development, details conventional and mosquito-driven delivery strategies to overcome #resistance, and outlines resistance monitoring in #VectorControl.
#OpenAccess: doi.org/10.1016/j.dc...

Public health experts and residents press council to keep Mosquito Abatement board; council withdraws removal resolution After a large public turnout and testimony from mosquito‑control professionals and residents, the council declined to advance a resolution to remove Mosquito Abatement District commissioners and instead voted to withdraw the removal resolution.

Public health experts and local residents rallied at a tense council meeting to save the Mosquito Abatement District, emphasizing the urgent need for effective governance amidst rising West Nile virus threats.

Click to read more!

#TammanyParish #LA #GovernanceReform #VectorControl #PublicHealth

Take-home: ABPP can bridge genotype→phenotype gaps and complement genomic surveillance, a practical way to anticipate cross-resistance and de-risk insecticide rollout/rotation strategies. #malaria #vectorcontrol #chemoproteomics 

Female Anopheles mosquito, with long, slender legs, spotted wings folded over her back. Brown thorax, head with long proboscis and palps directed forward. Insect is sitting on algae-stained wooden fence.

I was somewhat surprised to find this female “malaria mosquito,” Anopheles sp., sitting on our backyard fence yesterday. Leavenworth, Kansas, USA. #bugsky #mosquito #fly #insects #vectorcontrol #mosquitoes

TICK-REPELLENT AND ACARICIDAL PROPERTIES OF PINE SPECIES (PINUS SPP.) AND THEIR THERAPEUTIC POTENTIAL AGAINST BORRELIA SPP.

Read full article: acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:...

Let’s discuss!

#ticks #borrelia #lymedisease #TickBorneDiseases #pinus #essentialoils #vectorcontrol #research

Join us on Dec 3 for the last #PATHLiveForum of 2025! 🦟

Interventions that reduce mosquito populations & prevent bites are essential to the effort to #EndMalaria. This session will spotlight lessons learned from rolling out new #VectorControl innovations.

Register: https://bit.ly/3XeV1ic

Join us for our final webinar of the year with Dr Pyae Linn Aung on Thursday, 20 November at 2:00 pm: “Hidden Malaria Transmission among Myanmar Migrants in Thailand.”
🔗 events.humanitix.com/acreme-webin...

#Malaria #GlobalHealth #Migrants #MigrantHealth #VectorControl

eBRAP Online Application Submission

🚨 DWFP Research Funding Alert! Apply for the DOD FY26 Deployed Warfighter Protection Program. Seek innovative research to protect troops from disease vectors. Max $975K. Pre-Application Due: Nov 5, 2025. Learn more on eBRAP: ebrap.org #DODResearch #VectorControl

green yellow and white graphic with map showing bioko island near mainland equatorial guinea and lines on how malaria travels from mainland to the island. text: New: recently published! regular p. falciparum importation onto bioko island equatorial guinea hampers malaria elimination from the island in PLOS global public health

📣A new study published in PLOS Global Public Health by MCD’s Bioko Island Malaria Elimination Project team verifies past analyses that shows imported infections from mainland Africa are keeping the malaria alive on Bioko Island. 👉More: https://loom.ly/odCfFJI #GlobalHealth #VectorControl #Research

Montgomery County Health Department Reports West Nile Virus Findings and Control Efforts Montgomery County monitors West Nile virus in mosquitoes to prevent human infections.

Montgomery County is ramping up efforts to combat West Nile virus as over 100 mosquitoes test positive, putting residents on high alert!

Click to read more!

#MontgomeryCounty #PA #CitizenPortal #MontgomeryCountyPublicHealth #DiseasePrevention #VectorControl #CommunityAwareness

Drs @minealtinli.bsky.social‬ @spleonard1.bsky.social‬ @alainkohlvirology.bsky.social & @mosquitomicrobe.bsky.social review #bacteria-mediated #dsRNA delivery for #mosquito-borne #virus control. #RNAi #vectorcontrol #symbiont #engineering #mosquito #arbovirus

www.cell.com/trends/paras...

First page of the article entitled "Efficacy of non-pyrethroid indoor residual spraying or intensive behaviour change communication in combination with long-lasting insecticidal nets for malaria control in west Africa: a pragmatic, cluster-randomised, controlled trial"

🚨 New publication!
Our RCT in 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso & 🇨🇮 Côte d’Ivoire shows that adding either non-pyrethroid indoor residual spraying (IRS) or intensive behaviour change communication (BCC) to LLINs reduces #malaria burden.

In @lancetgh.bsky.social :
doi.org/10.1016/S221...

#GlobalHealth #VectorControl

Together, science and nature give us hope against mosquito-borne diseases!
#MosquitoControl #GeneticEngineering #PublicHealth #VectorControl #Innovation ⤵️

Welcome! You are invited to join the World Mosquito Day Webinar "Mosquito-borne diseases on the rise: Drivers of change and the need for integrated action". After registering, you will receive a confi... Mosquito-borne diseases are on the rise, posing an increasing global threat to both public health and biodiversity. Rising temperatures and shifting weather patterns caused by climate change are expan...

To mark #WMD2025, the APMEN is hosting an important webinar to highlight the growing threat of #mosquito-borne diseases.

Prof Fredros Okumu (SBOHVM & Ifakara Health Institute) is a keynote speaker. Register @ tiny.cc/WMD25

#WorldMosquitoDay #WMD2025 #VectorControl #APMEN #OneHealth

WHO recommends spatial emanators for malaria vector control and prequalifies first two products WHO has issued a new recommendation supporting the use of spatial emanators, introducing a new class of intervention for malaria vector control.

New @who.int recommendation: spatial emanators, which repel and kill #malaria mosquitoes, are now endorsed for #MalariaControl. The first new #VectorControl class in decades!

🟠 https://f.mtr.cool/bfbonblopv

#EndMalaria

Health Board Discusses Tick Population and Lyme Disease Risks in Utah Health board members address tick activity trends and Lyme disease transmission concerns.

The Summit County Board of Adjustment recently met to tackle rising concerns over tick populations and the threat of Lyme disease in the community.

Get the details!

#UT #CitizenPortal #DiseasePrevention #CommunityHealth #VectorControl

Just out: LSTM’s blog post on our latest paper exploring how nitisinone kills malaria mosquitoes, even the resistant ones, through tarsal contact.

From rare disease drug to vector control tool.

@aacostaserrano.bsky.social

📄 Paper: doi.org/10.1186/s130...

#malaria #vectorcontrol #entomology #HPPD