West Nile Virus: Without Surveillance There Will Be No Control Lisa Smith ISAT Senior Symposium 2002

Mayor of NYC and Commissioner of Health Officiates plan Oversees DOH Sets priorities Director of Vector Control – Department of Health Director of West Nile Virus Entomological Surveillance Inspection Teams (Students from HRTP) Create Task Force Goals for mosquito control Implement plan Oversee inspectors Determine risk areas Survey green areas Standing water complaints Catch Basin control checks Lab organization

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From the Center for Disease Control

Source: www-rci.rutgers.edu/~insects/disease,

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Source: “Fight the Bite” pamphlet by New York State and the Department of Health

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