Zika Virus – Fight the Bite

Zika Virus Lecture May 9, 2016 Dr. Gavin Macgregor-Skinner talks to high school students in a National Library of Medicine Distance Learning Program about the Zika virus and how information technology can be used in efforts to combat it. This is a 35 minute lecture...

Previous Anti-Aedes aegypti Campaign

It’s Up to You: Dengue – Yellow Fever Control (USPHS, 1945) From the U.S. National Library of Medicine Zika and Chikungunya were not a problem in 1944, but the basic concepts still apply to this domestic...

LCMCD Response Plan for Imported Mosquito Diseases

Lee County Mosquito Control District and the Lee County Health Department have worked together in cooperation to protect Lee County from mosquito borne diseases. Each year these programs monitor for local transmission of mosquito borne diseases such as St. Louis...

FMCA SW Regional Workshop

The Florida Mosquito Control Association and the University of Florida’s, Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory will host a workshop for the FMCA Southwest region mosquito control and public health professionals on April 26, 2016. Dr. Jonathan Day and Mr. Gregg Ross...

FDA Preliminary Support

Investigational Use of Oxitec OX513A Mosquitoes; Preliminary Finding of No Significant Impact FDA is announcing that a draft EA and preliminary FONSI, in support of a proposed investigational release (i.e., field trial) of OX513A Aedes aegypti GE mosquitoes (OX513A...

Governor’s hotline on Zika

From: Governor’s Press Office [mailto:Governor’sPressOffice@eog.myflorida.com] Sent: Friday, February 12, 2016 11:51 AM Subject: Gov. Scott: Zika Virus Information Hotline Now Available for Florida Residents and Visitors   FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE...