Disease & Vector Studies I

Moderator(s)

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  Sarah Wheeler, PhD

  Laboratory Director
  Sacramento Yolo MVCD
  Elk Grove, California, United States

Presentations:

• 1:45pm – 1:55pm  

  West Nile Virus in Tangipahoa Parish. What a Difference a Year Makes!
  

  Presenter: Colby Colona, M.S. (she/her/hers) – Tangipahoa Mosquito Control
• 1:55pm – 2:05pm  

  Resources for arbovirus detection in vectors: support from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  

  Presenter: Kristen L. Burkhalter – Centers for Disease Control
• 2:05pm – 2:15pm  

  Developing mosquito bait-and-kill systems for local control of Aedes aegypti and other vector species.
  

  Presenter: Jason Pitts – Baylor University

  Co-Author: Heidi Pullmann-Lindsley, n/a – Baylor University

  Co-Author: Robert Huff, n/a – Baylor University

  Co-Author: John Boyi, n/a – Baylor University
• 2:15pm – 2:25pm  

  Vector Control and Public Health Response to the First Locally Acquired Dengue Virus Infection in Maricopa County—Arizona, November 2022
  

  Presenter: John Townsend, BS – Maricopa County Environmental Services Department, Vector Control Division

  Co-Author: Melissa Kretschmer, MA – Maricopa County Department of Public Health

  Co-Author: Jennifer Collins, MPH – Maricopa County Department of Public Health

  Co-Author: Ariella Dale, PhD, MPH – Maricopa County Department of Public Health

  Co-Author: Brenna Garrett, n/a – Arizona Department of Health Services

  Co-Author: Lia Koski, DrPH, MPH – Maricopa County Department of Public Health

  Co-Author: Karen Zabel, MSN – Maricopa County Department of Public Health

  Co-Author: Jessica White, DrPH, MS, MLS(ASCP) – Maricopa County Department of Public Health

  Co-Author: Katie Turnbow, n/a – Maricopa County Department of Public Health

  Co-Author: Nicole Busser, n/a – Maricopa County Environmental Services Department, Vector Control Division

  Co-Author: James B. Will, Jr. – Maricopa County Environmental Services Department, Vector Control Division

  Co-Author: Irene Ruberto, PhD – Arizona Department of Health Services

  Co-Author: Kathryn Fitzpatrick, MPH, MBA, MB(ASCP) – Arizona Department of Health Services

  Co-Author: Katy Burr, DVM, MPH – Maricopa County Department of Public Health, Arizona Department of Health Services, Epidemic Intelligence Service, CDC

  Co-Author: Forrest Jones, PhD – Epidemic Intelligence Service, CDC; Division of Vector-Borne Diseases, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, CDC

  Co-Author: Gilberto Santiago, PhD – Division of Vector-Borne Diseases, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, CDC

  Co-Author: Laura Adams, DVM – Division of Vector-Borne Diseases, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, CDC

  Co-Author: Nick Staab, MD, MSPH – Maricopa County Department of Public Health

  Co-Author: Rebecca Sunenshine, MD, FIDSA – Maricopa County Department of Public Health
• 2:25pm – 2:35pm  

  Development of environmental DNA (eDNA) sampling for arbovirus vector surveillance in southern Nevada
  

  Presenter: Katharine Major, BS – University of Nevada, Las Vegas

  Co-Author: Vivek Raman, MPH, REHS (he/him/his) – Southern Nevada Health District

  Co-Author: Chad L. Cross, PhD, MFT, PStat(R) – University of Nevada, Las Vegas

  Co-Author: David Greer, Southern Nevada Health District – Southern Nevada Health District

  Co-Author: Christian De Haan, Southern Nevada Health District – Southern Nevada Health District

  Co-Author: John Cataline, Southern Nevada Health District – Southern Nevada Health District

  Co-Author: Joseph Franceschini, Southern Nevada Health District – Southern Nevada Health District

  Co-Author: Daniel Goldstein, Southern Nevada Health District – Southern Nevada Health District

  Co-Author: Christopher Begay, Southern Nevada Health District – Southern Nevada Health District

  Co-Author: Louisa A. Messenger, MSc, PhD – University of Nevada, Las Vegas
• 2:45pm – 2:00am  

  Psorophora ferox colonization and bionomics
  

  Presenter: Robert L. Aldridge, PhD – United States Department of Agriculture

  Co-Author: Kenneth Linthicum, PhD – United States Department of Agriculture
• 2:55pm – 2:00am  

  Mosquito management summary of the 2023 locally acquired malaria infections in Sarasota, Florida.
  

  Presenter: Wade Brennan – Sarasota County Mosquito Management
• 3:05pm – 3:15pm  

  Malaria in Florida, a regulatory and historical perspective of the 2023 locally acquired outbreak in Sarasota and Manatee counties
  

  Presenter: Marah Clark – FDACS

  Co-Author: Jessica L. Ber, M.S. – Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services