DoD Support for New Vector Control and Bite Prevention Products

Organizer(s)

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  Gabriela Zollner

  Program Manager
  Deployed Warfighter Protection (DWFP) Program
  Armed Forces Pest Management Board
  Silver Spring, Maryland
• MC

  Michelle Colacicco-Mayhugh, BCE

  Director, AFPMB
  U.S. Army
  Potomac, Maryland

This symposium showcases a variety of DoD-funded research projects to develop novel vector surveillance, control and bite prevention tools that target mosquitoes, ticks, filth flies and other arthropod vectors. These tools will influence future prevention of vector-borne diseases for a wide-ranging impact on disease prevention in military and civilian populations.

Presentations:

• 10:45 AM – 11:00 AM MST

  Overview of DWFP-funded vector bite prevention and control projects at WRAIR-AFRIMS
  

  Presenting Author: Erica Lindroth, BCE (she/her/hers) – WRAIR-AFRIMS

  Co-Author: Piyada Linsuwanon – U.S. Army

  Co-Author: Alongkot Ponlawat – U.S. Army

  Co-Author: Ratree Takhampunya – U.S. Army

  Co-Author: Alyssa Mann – WRAIR-AFRIMS
• 11:00 AM – 11:15 AM MST

  Graphene in textiles for vector protection
  

  Presenting Author: Melynda Perry – Combat Capabilities Development Command

  Co-Author: Greg Allen – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Parker Brandwein – Combat Capabilities Development Command

  Co-Author: Mitchell Gwynn – Combat Capabilities Development Command

  Co-Author: Nicole Hoffman – Combat Capabilities Development Command

  Co-Author: Michael Manser – Combat Capabilities Development Command

  Co-Author: Edmund Norris – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Joseph Orlando – Combat Capabilities Development Command

  Co-Author: Thomas Tiano – Combat Capabilities Development Command
• 11:15 AM – 11:30 AM MST

  Examples of insecticide-free, mosquito bite proof garments for military uniforms and everyday life
  

  Presenting Author: Andre J. West (he/him/his) – North Carolina State University

  Co-Author: Jiayin Li – North Carolina State University

  Co-Author: Elizabeth Kirkwood – North Carolina State University

  Co-Author: Kun Luan – North Carolina State University

  Co-Author: Grayson L. Cave, Ph.D. – North Carolina State University

  Co-Author: Charles Apperson, Ph.D. – North Carolina State University

  Co-Author: R. Michael Roe, Ph.D. (he/him/his) – North Carolina State University

  Co-Author: Emiel Den Hartog – North Carolina State University

  Co-Author: Cassandra Kwon – North Carolina State University

  Co-Author: Marion McCord – North Carolina State University
• 11:30 AM – 11:45 AM MST

  Using FDA approved food additives to control arthropods of medical importance
  

  Presenting Author: Aijun Zhang – USDA-ARS

  Co-author: Cody Gale – USDA-ARS

  Co-author: Edmund Norris – USDA-ARS

  Co-author: Pradeep Paudel – USDA-ARS
• 11:45 AM – 12:00 PM MST

  Essential oil-based larvicides for mosquito control
  

  Presenting Author: Ivy Hurwitz – University of New Mexico

  Co-Author: Elle Winfield – Walter Reed Army Institute of Research

  Co-Author: Frederick Eyase – U.S. Army

  Co-Author: Matthew Burrows – Walter Reed Army Institute of Research

  Co-Author: Elizabeth Wanja – U.S. Army

  Co-Author: Andrezza Campos Chagas – Walter Reed Army Institute of Research

  Co-Author: Michael Workman – University of New Mexico

  Co-Author: Dianne E. Peterson – University of New Mexico
• 12:00 PM – 12:15 PM MST

  Developing yeast microencapsulated fluralaner as a larvicide for vector control
  

  Presenting Author: Emily McDermott – University of Arkansas

  Co-Author: Blythe Emily Lawson – University of Arkansas
• 12:15 PM – 12:30 PM MST

  Mathematical road map and textile testing standards for insecticide-free, mosquito bite proof clothing
  

  Presenting Author: R. Michael Roe, Ph.D. (he/him/his) – North Carolina State University

  Co-Author: Kun Luan – North Carolina State University

  Co-Author: Grayson L. Cave, Ph.D. – North Carolina State University