Dr. Stephanie Richards received this week a $100,000 award for one year (August 1, 2018 to July 31, 2019) as an ECU subcontract from University of Florida, through the CDC Southeastern Regional Center of Excellence in Vector Borne Diseases.  The purpose of this contract is to provide training on insecticide resistance testing to mosquito control personnel in NC and SC.  This contract will also assess insecticide resistance for mosquito populations from western, central, and eastern NC for several species of public health interest (e.g., Aedes albopictus, Aedes triseriatus, Culex pipiens/quinquefasciatus).

ECU will organize and implement a workshop to train 10-15 key mosquito control personnel from NC and SC on the principles and procedures of insecticide resistance testing using the CDC Bottle Bioassay procedure. This will include oral/visual presentations on methods, as well as hands on implementation of all aspects of the CDC Bottle Bioassay (e.g., how to prepare insecticide stocks and calibrate bottles, coating bottles, carrying out the CDC Bottle Bioassay procedure, data review and analysis).