Armed Forces Pest Management Board

Virginia has reported its first locally acquired case of dengue fever, underscoring the evolving landscape of vector-borne diseases. This development highlights the critical need for robust public health surveillance and community engagement in mosquito control efforts.

Virginia resident has state’s 1st locally acquired case of dengue fever - WTOP News Virginia health officials have confirmed the state’s first known case of locally acquired dengue, a viral disease usually associated with international travel.

Philippines DVEP is here.

Our newest Disease Vector Ecology Profile is available for download. If you're deploying, planning, or supporting operations in the Philippines, this is your starting point for the arthropod-borne disease picture — epidemiology, vector bionomics and behavior, pesticide resistance, and a selected bibliography if you need to go deeper.

Like every DVEP, it's compiled entirely from open-source, unclassified scientific literature and is free to download.

📄https://www.acq.osd.mil/eie/afpmb/docs/dveps/philippines.pdf

Browse the full DVEP collection: https://www.acq.osd.mil/eie/afpmb/dveps.html

Found something that needs updating? DVEP revisions depend on field input — send corrections and suggestions our way.

New World screwworm (C. hominivorax) has re-emerged in the US. The new ESA podcast covers interagency eradication, SIT tech, & fact vs fiction. Highly relevant for AFPMB and force health protection professionals.

Listen here:

New World Screwworm: Entomologist Q&A Separates Fact From Fear An entomologist answers questions on the basics of the New World screwworm, efforts to re-eradicate it from the U.S., and what's fact versus fiction in the buzz around this re-emergent pest.

Vector distribution is shifting. Lyme disease territory is expanding well beyond the Northeast, posing new challenges for force health protection and training readiness. Hear about the shifts driving this vector expansion in this NPR Short Wave episode.

Ticks are a growing problem, no matter where you live : Short Wave In the grand scheme of things, Lyme disease is a fairly new scientific discovery. It was first traced back to ticks in the late 70s and early 80s. The tick-borne illness can cause a rash, fever, pain, neurological complications, and even facial paralysis. It’s spread by only two of the nearly 50 s...

New from the AFPMB: a Disease Vector Ecology Profile for Indonesia.

These profiles give deploying forces a clear, science-based summary of a country's vector-borne disease threats — what diseases circulate, which mosquitoes and other arthropods carry them, and how to reduce risk. For Indonesia, the highest-priority threats are Japanese encephalitis, malaria, and dengue, alongside chikungunya, scrub typhus, leptospirosis, and Nipah virus.
The profile also covers insecticide resistance and personal protective measures, from the DoD Insect Repellent System to permethrin-treated uniforms and bed nets — a useful reference for anyone supporting force health protection in the region.
https://www.acq.osd.mil/eie/afpmb/docs/dveps/indonesia.pdf

Researchers are testing Dryinus sinicus, a tiny parasitoid wasp from Asia, as a promising natural enemy for the invasive spotted lanternfly. Could this tiny wasp be the key to long-term, sustainable control?

Researchers Zero In On Potential Natural Enemy of Spotted Lanternfly A natural enemy of the spotted lanternfly in Asia, the parasitoid wasp Dryinus sinicus has emerged as a leading candidate for biological control of spotted lanternfly in the U.S.

📢 Now available: AFPMB Technical Guide 47 — Aedes Mosquito Vector Control (2026)

Aedes aegypti and Ae. albopictus — the yellow fever and Asian tiger mosquitoes — are daytime-biting, container-breeding vectors that carry Zika, dengue, chikungunya, and yellow fever. Because Aedes mosquitoes thrive in the exact environments where service members live and work, their surveillance and control remain a critical component of the force health protection mission.

The Armed Forces Pest Management Board has released the new fourth edition of TG47, a field-ready quick reference for the identification, surveillance, and control of Aedes vectors. This edition brings refreshed disease-distribution data (including dengue activity current to June 2026), updated surveillance methods (ovitraps, larval indices, BG-Sentinel and other traps, aspirators), and current source-reduction, larviciding, adulticiding, IRS, and fogging guidance with NSNs.

Read and download the updated guide:https://www.acq.osd.mil/eie/afpmb/docs/techguides/tg47.pdf

The World Health Organization has released its new Operational Manual on Larval Source Management (LSM), providing practical guidance for controlling both Anopheles and Aedes mosquitoes.

https://iris.who.int/server/api/core/bitstreams/0e5294ff-b74f-4f6c-aac7-982e49a53e5b/content

The FY26 DoW Joint Warfighter Medical Research & Development Award is open! Build on prior DoD-funded work in vector-borne disease, force health protection & medical countermeasures. $8.8M, 4 awards. Closes Nov 16, 2026.

https://simpler.grants.gov/opportunity/3be7eb71-7a13-4cfd-96bf-54b554f081a4

The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station is seeking a Postdoctoral Research Scientist for a 2-year position focused on Alpha-gal syndrome (AGS) and nano-acaricides. Interested candidates should submit their cover letter, CV, and three references to [email protected]

POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH SCIENTIST - Job posted on PostdocJobs.com Pending final approval, the Department of Entomology and Center for Vector Biology & Zoonotic Diseases at the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station (New Haven Campus), in collaboration with the Yale School of Medicine and USDA APHIS, seeks appl ...