Stephen L. Doggett

Westmead Hospital | SWAHS · Medical Entomology

The resurgence of bed bugs over the last 25 years has led to a significant increase in the use of chemical treatments. With modern bed bugs being highly resistant to most insecticides, people become desperate to rid themselves of these unwanted pests. As a result, dangerous and often illicit chemicals are used that have led to deaths. This article...

Pesterminators is a Maldives based pest management company. They are the first pest management company in the world to achieve carbon neutral status. Read in an interview with the owner, Sathes Chandran, how this amazing feat was achieved.

Ross River virus (RRV) and Barmah Forest virus (BFV) are arthritogenic arthropod-borne viruses (arboviruses) that exhibit generalist host associations and share distributions in Australia and Papua New Guinea (PNG). Using stochastic mapping and discrete-trait phylogenetic analyses, we profiled the independent evolution of RRV and BFV signature muta...

This article focuses on the rising incidence of dengue across the Asia/Pacific/Indian region. 2023 was a record year for dengue globally we all need to act urgently to combat this scurge.

Broflanilide is a novel active ingredient from a unique insecticide class (IRAC Group 30) and was investigated as a control option against modern insecticide resistant strains of the common bed bug, Cimex lectularius. The susceptibility of technical grade broflanilide and efficacy of a broflanilide-based aerosol formulation (Earth Corp., Japan) wer...

Background This research explores rat meat consumption patterns among urban Ghanaians and their perception of risks associated with urban rats. Two hypotheses on risk perception among urban inhabitants were proposed: the risk of contracting diseases by consuming rat meat and the risk of contracting diseases from peridomestic rats. Method/Principal...

In the context of urgent Climate Change concerns and shifting consumer preferences, the pest management industry faces a critical need to evolve sustainably. This document presents comprehensive Sustainability Guidelines, emphasizing the industry's commitment to not only effective pest control but also to practices that are environmentally sound an...

A review of PestWorld 2023

This is the official magazine of FAOPMA, the January 2024 issue.

Editorial describing the 25 year bed bug resurgence

A review of the 25 years of the bed bug resurgence

A brief introduction to the Internet of Things

How the IoT is being used in pest control

Publications from academia relevant to the urban pest control industry

Simple Summary Over the past 20 years, there has been a worldwide resurgence in the nuisance biting insects known as bed bugs. The resurgence is due to the development of insecticide resistance, such that modern bed bugs are very hard to kill. This also means that control is expensive, and not everyone has the financial resources to pay for eradica...

This is the October 2023 Issue of the FAOPMA Magazine

This is an introduction to Deep Learning

This is the editorial for the October 2023 issue of the FAOPMA Magazine

A review of Pesticon 2023, the annual meeting of the Australian Environmental Pest Managers Association

A book review of the Carbon Almanac

How Deep Learning can be used in the field of urban pest management

Tips on how to use ChatGPT smarter and to get the most out of your searches.

News items relevant to the urban pest control from the public media

A summary of recent publications from academia relevant to the pest control industry.

A fact sheet on the House fly

How artificial intelligence will be used in the pest control industry

There remain gaps in our understanding of mosquito-borne arboviruses, their emergence, and public health importance in Australia. Annual mosquito and arbovirus surveillance has been undertaken in New South Wales (NSW) since the late 1970s to monitor for the human pathogens, Ross River (RRV), Barmah Forest (BFV), Murray Valley Encephalitis (MVEV), a...

W e are currently in the midst of a global revolution: the explosion of artificial intelligence (AI), which is set to change our businesses and daily lives. Among AI tools, chatbots have emerged as the forefront of customer service, virtual assistants, online communication, and much more. A chatbot is essentially a computer program designed to simu...

How the urban pest control industry can benefit from Artificial Intelligence

This is the Editorial of the July 2023 issue of the FAOPMA Magazine

AI is ‘Buzz’ word of the year, but what exactly is it?

A summary of some of the amazing AI tools currently available that can help you and your business.

Depicted are a series of mythical pests generated through the Artificial Intelligence algorithms of the latest version of Photoshop.

Throughout history, bed bugs have been persistent pests that have plagued humans for millennia, causing discomfort and sleepless nights. This two-part series delves into the fascinating journey of bed bug control methods employed by our ancestors and explores ancient remedies, cultural practices, and technological advancements that aimed to both pr...

In Australia, an incursion of RIFA in south-east Queensland (SEQ) has been ongoing since around 1992 but was officially discovered in 2001. Efforts to eradicate RIFA in SEQ have been underway since then, with substantial government funding. However, in spite of the control effort, the ant is spreading through Australia, which questions the validit...

A Compendium of New Scientific Publications Relevant to the Pest Management Industry

This is the Editorial for the April 2023 issue of the FAOPMA Magazine

This chapter summarizes every presentation from FAOPMA-Pest Summit that was held in Kyoto, Japan in 2022.

This is a summary of the world's first Symposium on the Impact of Climate Change on the Pest Management Industry. This was held at FAOPMA-Pest Summit in Kyoto, Japan, 2022.

In 2022, the Federation of Asian and Oceania Pest Managers Associations (FAOPMA) instituted two new awards for excellence. The inaugural FAOPMA Leader Award was won by Mr Viren Merchant from India, and the Pest Manager of the Year was won by Rentokil Initial Malaysia and presented to Ms Carol Lam, CEO. Read about the awards and why the lead judge t...

This chapter discusses how to be an effective President of a pest management association and what the obligations of a President are. Also discussed are the obligations of the Executive Committee members.

This chapter showcases a range of images taken during FAOPMA-Pest Summit 2022, that was held in Kyoto, Japan.

This is the April 2023 Edition of the FAOPMA Magazine

This chapter is an overview of FAOPMA-Pest Summit held in Kyoto, Japan in 2022.

Highlighted is an interview with the winner of the inaugural FAOPMA Leader Award, Mr Viren Merchant. Read about his background and what inspires him on his life journey.

This paper focuses on the amazing achievements of FAOPMA over recent years, highlighting the two great Presidents, Mdm Huang from China, and Mr Vasili Tsoutouras from Australia.

This chapter highlights how Dengue is increasing in Asia, with 2022 being the biggest year to date

This is the editorial for the Special Issue on FAOPMA-Pest Summit, held in Kyoto Japan, 6-8 November 2022.

The DDT, deltamethrin, and malathion susceptibilities of five tropical bed bug (Cimex hemipterus) strains, and their resistance mechanisms were investigated using synergism studies and detection of kdr mutations. All C. hemipterus strains showed high resistance to DDT and deltamethrin and moderate to high resistance to malathion. Synergism studies...

The October 2022 issue of the FAOPMA Magazine

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Bed bugs (Hemiptera: Cimicidae) are an important group of obligate hematophagous urban insect pests. The global resurgence of bed bugs, involving the common bed bug, Cimex lectularius L., and the tropical bed bug, Cimex hemipterus (F.), over the past two decades is believed to be primarily due to the development of insecticide resistance, along wit...

Urbanization is rapidly transforming much of Southeast Asia, altering the structure and function of the landscape, as well as the frequency and intensity of the interactions between people, animals, and the environment. In this study, we explored the impact of urbanization on zoonotic disease risk by simultaneously characterizing changes in the eco...

The unprecedented emergence of Japanese encephalitis (JE) in mainland Australia represents an outbreak of high clinical and public health significance. JE is a zoonosis spread by mosquitoes and is one of the most important causes of endemic viral encephalitis in South-East Asia and the Indian subcontinent. While occasional cases of human Japanese e...

Objective: To examine the sequence of environmental and entomological events prior to a substantial increase in Ross River virus (RRV) and Barmah Forest virus (BFV) notifications with a view to informing future public health response. Methods: Rainfall, tidal, mosquito and human arboviral notification data were analysed to determine the temporality...

This is the July 2022 issue of the FAOPMA Magazine

This study aimed to review published scientific literature on bed bugs in countries where insecticide resistance has been reported worldwide from 2000 to 2021. Electronic databases, including Scopus, PubMed, and WOS, were searched. Out of 606 articles found in the initial search, we selected 57 articles, of which 40 articles had reported on Cimex l...

Bed bugs, Cimex lectularius (L.) (Hemiptera: Cimicidae) and Cimex hemipterus (F.), have become established worldwide in recent years largely due to the development of insecticide resistance. However, limited attention has been given to ongoing morphological and macroevolutionary changes within the species and their populations, which could have imp...

This is the 5th edition of the Australian Code of Best Practice for Bed Bug Management

Modern bed bugs are resistant to multiple insecticide classes, particularly the pyrethroids. The efficacy of pyrethroid-impregnated mattress liners marketed for bed bug management has been variable. This study evaluated the efficacy of a permethrin-impregnated mattress liner, ActiveGuard, against 24 bed bug strains, consisting of both Cimex hemipte...

The residual performance of two pyrethroid-neonicotinoid mixture formulations: Temprid SC (10.5% beta- cyfluthrin and 21% imidacloprid) and Tandem (3.5% lambda-cyhalothrin and 11.6% thiamethoxam) on two substrates (glass and filter paper) against eight pyrethroid-resistant strains (BM-MY, BP-MY, CH-MY, GL-MY, KL-MY, SAJ-MY,TT-MY, and QLD-AU) of the...

This is a review of the recent Clean Environment Convention in Singapore run by the National Environment Agency

This is the April 2022 issue of the FAOPMA Magazine

Currently the world is experiencing a major resurgence in bed bug infestations, largely due to insecticide resistance. Bed bugs are now resistant to most of the current commercially available insecticides and there is an urgent need for new products to be registered to combat this important public health pest. Desiccant dusts, such as Silicon Dioxi...

Following the outbreak of Japanese Encephalitis virus in Australia, an expert panel was convened to develop guidelines for mosquito management in and around piggeries.

Following the outbreak of Japanese Encephalitis virus in Australia, an expert panel was convened to develop guidelines for mosquito management in and around piggeries.

FAOPMA has developed new conference guidelines for the operation of FAOPMA-Pest Summit annual events

This is a transcript of the forum held during FAOPMA-Pest Summit 2021. The focum focused on the impact of COVID-19 upon the pest control industry.

This is the January 2022 issue of the FAOPMA Magazine

This is the editorial for the January 2022 issue of the FAOPMA Magazine

This is a review of the recent 2021 virtual conference of FAOPMA-Pest Summit