mosquito control and gis – the hamilton county experience

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?