Emerging infectious diseases carried by mosquitoes and ticks

This activity broadly encompasses the problem of the appearance, emergence, expansion, and spread of mosquito and tick borne diseases regionally and within the state of Michigan; how to survey for these processes meaningfully; how to engage local public health workers in ways that enhance capacity for surveillance; and lastly to develop means of prevention and control that Michigan citizenry finds acceptable and appropriate.

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Project Contact:

Edward Walker
Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
College of Natural Science
walker@msu.edu

Partners

Advanced Pest Management
Michigan Mosquito Control Association
City of Portage government
Metropolitan Mosquito Control Program (Twin Cities)
Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS)
Midland County Mosquito Control
Midwest Center of Excellence in Vector Borne Diseases
Northshore Mosquito Abatement District (Illinois)
Northwest Mosquito Abatement District (Illinois)
Rose Pest Solutions
Saginaw County Mosquito Abatement Commission
Michigan Mosquito Control Association
Toledo Area Sanitary District
Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, the state wide network of county and district health departments in both peninsulasMichigan Mosquito Control Association, Midwest Center of Excellence in Vector Borne Diseases, Metropolitan Mosquito Control District, Saginaw County Mosquito Abatement Commission, Bay County Mosquito Control, Midland County Mosquito Control, Advanced Pest Management, Rose Pest Solutions, City of Portage government, Northwest Mosquito Abatement District (Illinois), Northshore Mosquito Abatement District (Illinois), Toledo Area Sanitary District, Public health and vector control agencies in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio

Report of calendar year 2021 activity.