Reliable methods for vector control

Hand in blue latex glove in upper left quadrant of photo transferring mosquitoes from a tube into the WHO tube test container. Three mosquitoes are shown on the left side of the WHO tube.

The Vector Biology Methods group at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine develops, evaluates and shares the laboratory methods used to test insecticides and monitor resistance in mosquito vectors.

Our current work focuses on volatile insecticides. We are developing benchtop methods for monitoring transfluthrin susceptibility and optimising Peet-Grady chamber methods for evaluating volatile chemistries, measuring both toxicological and behavioural effects.

 


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