Vector Control Resources
Improve your program’s capacity to control vectors and public health pests with our free resources below.
Coordinate with partners to identify and address drivers of vector-borne disease transmission in a community (produced through a collaborative projectexternal icon with CDC).

The following training programs also have modules on vector control:
Environmental Health Training on Emergency Response
Environmental Public Health Online Courses
In 2012 CDC began working with American Indian communities in Arizona to control Rocky Mountain spotted fever after an outbreak of the vector borne disease. CDC’s EHS helped develop and implement a reservation-wide dog collaring program to halt disease spread by dogs, the main source of exposure to disease-transmitting ticks.
- Bed Bugs
- Bed Bug Information Clearinghouseexternal icon (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency)
- Bed Bugs Frequently Asked Questions (CDC)
- Collaborative Strategy on Bed Bugsexternal icon (Federal Bed Bug Workgroup)
- Health Concerns about Misuse of Pesticides for Bed Bug Control (CDC)
- Mosquitoes (CDC)
- Rodents (CDC)
- West Nile Virus (CDC)
- Zika Virus (CDC)