THE VECTOR CONTROL PROGRAM & MOSQUITO PREVENTION Allison - PDF document

Slide 1 THE VECTOR CONTROL PROGRAM & MOSQUITO PREVENTION Allison Bray, M.S. Environmental Health Specialist, Vector Control Program _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ __________

Slide 2 WHAT IS A VECTOR Any organism capable of carrying and transmitting a disease (to humans) _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ __________

Slide 3 Surveillance THE VECTOR CONTROL • Monitoring for vectors and the pathogens they PROGRAM (VCP) carry Diagnostics • Testing vectors for pathogens Control • Reducing vector populations and/or people’s exposure to vectors Outreach • Educating the public about preventative behaviors _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ __________

Slide 4 SURVEILLANCE  Where/when do we find different vectors?  What diseases exist in the environment? _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ __________

Slide 5 MOSQUITO SURVEILLANCE TOOLS Mosquito Traps  Use lures (CO2, scent, water) to attract mosquitoes Dead Bird Reporting  Crows, jays, owls, hawks are all good indicators for WNV because they are susceptible  Birds need to be freshly dead  Samples taken from eye fluid and tissue and tested in the lab _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ __________

Slide 6 DIAGNOSTICS Samples are processed and tested for pathogens The Vector Disease and Diagnostics Laboratory tests include: West Nile virus, Zika, Dengue, yellow fever, chikungunya Hantavirus, Plague Lyme, tularemia _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ __________

Slide 7 CONTROL Education • Information on preventing rats, mosquitoes, ticks, etc. • In person and through website/social media/brochures Source Reduction • Removing mosquito breeding sources • Education on removing rat harborage and entry points Biological Control (mosquitoes) • Mosquito fish (human made containers only) • Bacterial larvicides Adulticides • Kill adult mosquitoes on contact • Used during elevated public health risk _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ __________

Slide 8 OUTREACH Sharing information with the public to encourage prevention behaviors Website • Social Media • Public Events • Presentations • Media Campaign • _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ __________