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10-Minute Presentation

Medical, Urban, and Veterinary Entomology

10-min: MUVE, Mosquito Physiology, Surveillance, and Control

It’s basic physiology: Targeting the mosquito midgut with high pH activated larvicidal compounds

Tuesday, November 12, 2024
2:36 PM – 2:48 PM MST
Location: Phoenix Convention Center, 222 A, PCC
Oral Presentation
Current control strategies for mosquito-borne pathogens rely largely on reducing mosquito vector populations using insecticides, but this approach is becoming less effective as insecticide resistance develops against many mosquito adulticides and larvicides.We developed novel pH responsive compounds capable of delivering a range of toxic payloads to the larval gut and its unique high pH environment. This provides an opportunity to develop highly specific larvicides with minimal effects on non-target organisms and the flexibility to switch toxic compounds if resistance develops.