revised 26-August-10
2010:
2010
CMMCP Vector Spraying
Current Mass. EEE risk
map (updated 8/18/10)
Current
Mass. WNV risk map (updated
8/30/10)
2009 DPH Press Releases:
2009 CMMCP
Vector Spraying
State
Health Officials Find More Mosquitoes Infected with WNV & EEE (Sept. 1, 2009)
EEE
Found in Northeastern Mass.
(Aug. 25, 2009)
Viruses
Spreading in Mosquitoes (Aug.
20, 2009)
Viruses
Spreading in Mosquitoes in Mass.
(Aug. 14, 2009)
EEE
Persists in Freetown Mosquitoes
(Aug. 11, 2009)
First
Isolation of WNV (July 23,
2009)
First
Isolation of EEE (July 20, 2009)
MDPH 2009
Arbovirus Surveillance & Response Plan (.pdf – revised)
Frequently Asked
Questions About Dead Birds and WNV (.pdf)
MDPH
Arbovirus Daily Update
Arbovirus
Surveillance Data (current
& historical)
Dog
heartworm information
MDPH
2009 Arbovirus Surveillance Plan (updated)
2008:
West
Nile Virus found in Millbury
First
WNV positive collection of mosquitoes reported – Worcester
MDPH 2008 Arbovirus
Surveillance & Response Plan (revised)
SRMCB
Operational Response Plan to Reduce the Risk of Mosquito-Borne Disease in
Massachusetts (revised June 12, 2008)
MDPH
Public Service Announcement #1 (.wmv,
1.5Mb)
MDPH
Public Service Announcement #2 (.wmv,
1.5Mb)
Mass.
DPH WNV Information website (new web address) - bird &
mosquito-borne virus information
2007:
2007
MDPH Campaign to Prevent EEE and WNV
West
Nile Virus in Marlboro
First
Mosquito Pool Identified with EEE – July 6, 2007 (Raynham,
MA)
2007
Massachusetts Arbovirus information
2007
Massachusetts Arbovirus Surveillance and Response Plan (.pdf 322k)
2007 WNV Catch Basin Program
- check this link for our guidelines for the WNV program in catch basins.
Mass DPH fact sheet on West Nile Virus Encephalitis
Mass DPH fact sheet on Eastern Equine Encephalitis
ARBOVIRUS
TRANSMISSION CYCLE
A mosquito (vector) picks up a virus (WNV or EEE)
from a bird (reservoir), and can either cycle that virus through the bird
population (amplification) or transmit the virus directly to a host such as
horses and humans (incidental infection).
CMMCP Surveillance Procedures &
Guidelines
CMMCP
Surveillance Results 2006
Potential vectors of West Nile
virus based on laboratory vector competence studies
Mosquito Species information - check this link
for more information about host preference, habitat and other
species-specific facts.
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