Symposium

13. Medical and Veterinary Entomology

[13-2] The Global Bed Bug Resurgence, 20 Years On

Mon. Aug 26, 2024 1:30 PM - 6:15 PM Room I

Chair: Stephen Lindsay Doggett (NSW Health Pathology), Dini Michele Miller (Virginia Tech University)

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1:30 PM - 2:00 PM

[13-2-01] 20 Years of Research in the Global Bed Bug Resurgence

*Stephen Lindsay Doggett¹ (1. NSW Health Pathology (Australia))

2:00 PM - 2:15 PM

[13-2-02] Evolution of Bed Bug Standard of Care Through a Litigation Review

*Jeffrey M Lipman¹ (1. Lipman Law Firm, P.C. (United States of America))

2:15 PM - 2:30 PM

[13-2-03] Efficiency of MALDI-TOF MS at identifying Cimex bedbugs and discriminating immature stages

*Philippe Parola^1,2 (1. Aix Marseille University (France), 2. University Hospital Institute Méditerranée Infection (France))

2:30 PM - 2:45 PM

[13-2-04] Bed bug (Cimex lectularius L.) fecal spot production as a measure of envrionmental contamination and population size.

Morgan M Wilson¹, *Dini Michele Miller¹ (1. Virginia Tech University (United States of America))

2:45 PM - 3:00 PM

[13-2-05] Insights into the immune transcriptome of the common bed bug, Cimex lectularius: tissue-specific transcriptomic profiles and responses to pathogens

*Sanam Meradj¹, Carl Lowenberger ¹, Gerhard Gries¹ (1. Simon Fraser University (Canada))

3:00 PM - 3:15 PM

[13-2-06] Symbiont-mediated insecticide tolerance in the tropical bed bug, Cimex hemipterus

*Veera Singham K Genasan¹, Li Shen Soh¹ (1. Universiti Sains Malaysia (Malaysia))

3:15 PM - 3:30 PM

[13-2-07] Bed bugs resistant to pyrethroids or organophosphates in Japan

*Osamu Komagata¹, kentaro Itokawa¹, Keiko Minagawa², Toru Kazuma², Kiyoshi Mizutani², Atsuhiko Muto², Tsutomu Tanikawa³, Masaya Adachi⁴, Noriyuki Komatsu⁵, Takashi Tomita¹, Shinji Kasai¹ (1. National Institute of Infectious Diseases (Japan), 2. Environmental Biology and Living Environmental Department, Japan Environmental Sanitation Center (Japan), 3. Technical Research Laboratory, IKARI Shodoku Co., Ltd. (Japan), 4. 808 City Co., Ltd. (Japan), 5. Civil International Corporation (Japan))

Coffee Break (3:30 PM - 4:15 PM)

4:15 PM - 4:30 PM

[13-2-08] Stability of kdr mutations of voltage-sensitive sodium channel gene in the common bed bug, Cimex lectularius

*Susie Cho¹, JuHyeon Kim¹, SiHyeock Lee¹ (1. Seoul National University (Korea))

4:30 PM - 4:45 PM

[13-2-09] 8 years in public housing, Oslo, Norway. What we learned about bed bugs

*Espen Roligheten¹ (1. Boligbygg Oslo KF (Norway))

4:45 PM - 5:00 PM

[13-2-10] Twenty years after bed bug resurgence in low-income housing: Effective management strategies and challenges in the U.S.

*Changlu Wang¹ (1. Rutgers university (United States of America))

5:00 PM - 5:15 PM

[13-2-11] Research in Repellents against Cimex lectularius

*Aijun Zhang¹ (1. USDA ARS (United States of America))

5:15 PM - 5:30 PM

[13-2-12] Bed bug detection and control: Lab and field evaluation of a lateral flow strip for bed bug detection and a new insecticidal dust for pest management

*Alexander Ko¹ (1. Envu (United States of America))

5:30 PM - 5:45 PM

[13-2-13] Control Efficacy of Steam and Diatomaceous Earth Dust Against Tropical Bed Bug, Cimex hemipterus (F.)

*Desen Wang¹ (1. South China Agricultural University (China))

5:45 PM - 6:00 PM

[13-2-14] Evaluation of Vikane^® Fumigation for Tape-and-Sealed and Tarped Structures to Determine the Cost of Bed Bug Elimination (Cimex lectularius L.) in Single Family Homes

*Morgan M. Wilson¹, Dini M. Miller¹ (1. Virginia Tech (United States of America))

6:00 PM - 6:15 PM

[13-2-15] The impact of independent insecticide efficacy studies on defining best practice for pest managers undertaking bed bug elimination services

*David Lilly¹, Kai Dang², Stephen L. Doggett² (1. Ecolab Pty Ltd (Australia), 2. Department of Medical Entomology, NSW Health Pathology-ICPMR (Australia))

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