Mosquito Control and GIS – Mosquito Control and GIS – The Hamilton County The Hamilton County
ExperienceExperience
Dan Walker, MPHDan Walker, MPH
March 8, 2006March 8, 2006
Mosquito ControlMosquito Control
ReasonReason: Program initiated in response to : Program initiated in response to West Nile VirusWest Nile Virus
PurposePurpose: To develop a program to : To develop a program to prevent arbovirus disease transmission to prevent arbovirus disease transmission to the human populationthe human population
Mosquito Life Cycle Mosquito Life Cycle
Larviciding
Adulticiding
Locating Breeding Sites Locating Breeding Sites
Resident complaintsResident complaints
Aerial photographyAerial photography
Field workField work
No Stick PinsNo Stick Pins
GeoExplorer 3, GeoXT: collect data GeoExplorer 3, GeoXT: collect data
GPS Pathfinder: process dataGPS Pathfinder: process data
ArcView: analyze/manage dataArcView: analyze/manage data
POSSE: manage office/field workflowPOSSE: manage office/field workflow
Source: CDC 2006
Data CollectionData Collection
Data related to the breeding site is entered Data related to the breeding site is entered into a workflow management softwareinto a workflow management software
Join is created in ArcMap to view details Join is created in ArcMap to view details that were entered in softwarethat were entered in software
Relate is created to view records from the Relate is created to view records from the breeding sitebreeding site
AdulticidingAdulticiding
Determine when to adulticide from Determine when to adulticide from monitoring and surveillancemonitoring and surveillance
Mosquitoes that test positive for WNV or Mosquitoes that test positive for WNV or SLESLE
Dead bird surveillanceDead bird surveillance Large trap collections of nuisance Large trap collections of nuisance
mosquitoesmosquitoes
AcknowledgementsAcknowledgements
Joe Seig – Hamilton County ISSJoe Seig – Hamilton County ISS
Larry Stout – Hamilton County ISSLarry Stout – Hamilton County ISS
Barry McNulty – H.C. Health DepartmentBarry McNulty – H.C. Health Department
Questions?Questions?