Cryptic Mosquitoes: Hide and Seek and Treat? Symposium I

Cryptic Mosquitoes: Hide and Seek and Treat? Symposium I

Moderator(s)

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  Nicole Foley, M.S. Entomology (she/her/hers)

  ORISE Research Fellow
  CDC DVBD
  Fort Collins, Colorado, United States

Presentations:

• 8:30am – 8:45am  

  Cryptic habitat of Culiseta melanura in Massachusetts
  

  Presenter: Priscilla Matton, M.S. – Bristol County Mosquito Control Project
• 8:45am – 9:00am  

  Culex Soup in the Northern Suburbs of Chicago, IL: Hunting down their cryptic habitats
  

  Presenter: Patrick Irwin, MS and PhD (he/him/his) – Northwest Mosquito Abatement District
• 9:00am – 9:15am  

  Hunting Down Sewer Mosquitoes
  

  Presenter: Justin Harbison, PhD – Loyola University Chicago
• 9:15am – 9:30am  

  Updated molecular assay distinguishes Culex pipiens complex from Culex restuans
  

  Presenter: Linda Kothera – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Vector-Borne Diseases

  Co-Author: Nicole L. Foley, M.S. Entomology (she/her/hers) – CDC DVBD
• 9:30am – 9:45am  

  The Importance of Accurate Mosquito Identification
  

  Presenter: Dominic A. Rose – Centers for disease control and Prevention
• 9:45am – 10:00am  

  La Crosse virus vectors in Appalachia: where do they come from, where do they go?
  

  Presenter: Brian Byrd, PhD, MSPH – Western Carolina University

  Co-Author: Joseph Davis, MS – Western Carolina University

  Co-Author: Mary Nordgulen, MS – Western Carolina Univeristy

  Co-Author: Kaylin Lewandowski, BS – Western Carolina University

  Co-Author: Madeleine Craig, n/a – Western Carolina University

  Co-Author: Charles Sither, MS – Western Carolina University