Review USDA-ARS Center for Medical, Agriculture and Veterinary Entomology (CMAVE) in the Deployed War-Fighter Protection (DWFP) Program Introduction

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Review USDA-ARS Center for Medical, Agriculture
and Veterinary Entomology (CMAVE) in the Deployed
War-Fighter Protection (DWFP) ProgramIntroduction
Kenneth J. LinthicumCenter Director, CMAVE
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CMAVE

• 4 Research Units
• 60 Scientists and 150 Support Personnel
• 150,000 Ft2 Research Facility on 10 Acres of
  Federal Property
• Located adjacent to University of Florida

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CMAVE Research Units Supporting DWFP Research

• Behavior and Biocontrol
• John M. Sivinski, Research Leader
• Chemisty
• Peter E. A. Teal, Research Leader
• Imported Fire Ants
• Robert K. Vander Meer, Research Leader
• Mosquito and Fly
• Gary Clark, Research Leader

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Mosquito and Fly Research Unit DWFP Major
Research Areas

• Novel insecticide chemistries or formulations
• Personal protection
• Application technology

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OBJECTIVE Develop Novel Control Methods to
ProtectDeployed Military Personnel from Vectors

• Discover, evaluate and develop new candidate
  adulticides effective against mosquitoes and
  flies.
• Discover, evaluate and develop new candidate
  chemicals effective in preventing mosquitoes and
  flies from biting deployed personnel.
• Optimize use of candidate chemicals for
  mosquito/fly control and personal protection to
  serve military needs.
• Devise and develop "attract and kill" management
  systems for mosquitoes and flies.
• Discover, evaluate and develop new personal
  protection strategies.

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1. Novel insecticide chemistries or formulations

• 1.1. New compounds
• 1.2. Native plants compounds
• 1.3. Physiological responses to new compounds

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2. Personal protection

• 2.1 Revaluation of old repellents
• 2.2 Sustained release repellents
• 2.3 Spatial repellent in military tents
• 2.4 Repellent-treated uniforms, fabrics and tent
  materials
• 2.5 Sand fly protection
• 2.6 Fly traps and baits
• 2.7 Repellents and inhibitors against infected
  mosquitoes

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3. Application technology

• 3.1 Pesticides on natural barriers
• 3.2 Barrier treatments in Anopheles habitats
• 3.3 Barrier treatments in desert habitat
• 3.4 Repellents, inhibitors, and barrier
  treatments in Sub-Saharan habitat
• 3.5 Repellents, inhibitors, and barrier
  treatments in humid tropical habitat
• 3.6 Portable devices for detection and
  quantification of insecticides, repellents and
  inhibitors
• 3.7 Electrostatic and other sprayers
• 3.8 Thermal fog machines
• 3.9 Insecticide-treated visual targets for flies
• 3.10 Mosquito coils

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4. General support for DWFP

• 4.1 New insecticidal compounds - Univ. of
  Florida,
• Gainesville, FL
• 4.2 New insecticidal neuropeptides - APMRU,
• College Station, TX
• 4.3 Application methods - Navy-NECE,
• Jacksonville, FL
• 4.4 New toxicants and repellents - CAIBL,
• Beltsville, MD
• 4.5 Sand fly rearing - WRAIR,
• Washington, DC

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DWFP in MFRUResearch Areas

• Novel insecticide chemistries or formulations
• (Drs. Pridgeon, Cooperband, and Quinn)
• 2. Personal protection (Dr. Bernier)
• Application technology (Drs. Kline, Geden)
• 4. General support for DWFP