Northeast Regional Center for Excellence in Vector-Borne Diseases Resistance Monitoring Program
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Descriptive text for collection: Collection includes technical documentation for the pesticide resistance monitoring program operated through NEVBD.
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Item Culiseta melanura Submission KitNortheast Regional Center for Excellence in Vector-Borne Diseases (2025-04-15)Submission kit and guidelines to be used by public agencies submitting Culiseta melanura specimens to the NEVBD laboratory at Cornell University for pesticide resistance testing.Item NEVBD Modified Insecticide Resistance Enzyme Activity ProtocolAngelico, Jake; Baxter, Lindsay; Harrington, Laura C; Northeast Regional Center for Excellence in Vector-Borne Diseases (2025-03-14)This protocol provides instructions for performing microplate enzyme activity assays to determine metabolic mechanisms of insecticide resistance in adult mosquitoes. The protocol was adapted from the Methods in Anopheles Research laboratory manual and includes instructions to perform sample preparation, nonspecific esterase assays, oxidase assays, and analysis of results.Item Aedes albopictus submission kitNortheast Regional Center for Excellence in Vector-Borne Diseases (2024)Submission kit and guidelines to be used by public agencies submitting Aedes albopictus specimens to the NEVBD laboratory at Cornell University for pesticide resistance testing.Item Aedes albopictus collection kitNortheast Regional Center for Excellence in Vector-Borne Diseases (2024-06)Collection kit and guidelines to be used by public agencies submitting Aedes albopictus specimens to the NEVBD laboratory at Cornell University for pesticide resistance testing.Item Culex pipiens submission kitNortheast Regional Center for Excellence in Vector-Borne Diseases (2024-05)Submission kit and guidelines to be used by public agencies submitting Culex pipiens specimens to the NEVBD laboratory at Cornell University for pesticide resistance testing.Item Culex pipiens collection kitNortheast Regional Center for Excellence in Vector-Borne Diseases (2024-06)Collection kit and guidelines to be used by public agencies submitting Culex pipiens specimens to the NEVBD laboratory at Cornell University for pesticide resistance testing.Item The NEVBD Pesticide Resistance Monitoring Program: Specimen Submission System and ServicesMartin, Elisabeth; Baxter, Lindsay; Angelico, Jake (Northeast Regional Center for Excellence in Vector-Borne Diseases, 2022-04-19)Guide to collecting Culex pipiens and Aedes albopictus mosquitoes using NEVBD kits for the pesticide resistance monitoring submission system operated through Cornell University.Item NEVBD Pesticide Resistance Kit Request FormNortheast Regional Center for Excellence in Vector-Borne Diseases (Northeast Regional Center for Excellence in Vector-Borne Diseases, 2020-05)Request form to be used by public agencies requesting NEVBD kits for pesticide resistance testing.Item NEVBD Pesticide Resistance Specimen Submission FormNortheast Regional Center for Excellence in Vector-Borne Diseases (Northeast Regional Center for Excellence in Vector-Borne Diseases, 2020-05)[NOTE: This is an obsolete version of this document.] Submission form for public agencies to submit mosquito specimens to Cornell University for pesticide resistance testing.Item Rearing Field-Collected Aedes albopictusNortheast Regional Center for Excellence in Vector-Borne Diseases (Northeast Regional Center for Excellence in Vector-Borne Diseases, 2020-05-01)These guidelines lay out all the materials needed to rear Aedes albopictus mosquitoes collected as eggs from the field in a temporary colony so that they can be used for pesticide resistance bioassays. Additional resources for long term rearing are provided at the end of this document. These are general guidelines, so if these exact materials are not available, similar supplies can be substituted.