Symposium: Terrestrial Invertebrates
Moderator: Robert Gay,
Monday February 29, 2016
1:15-3:30 PM
1:15: PMBed bug resurgence and BMP strategies
Author(s): David James, Alameda County Vector Control Services District
1:30PMYellow jacket control with Fipronil treated cages
Author(s):Paul Cooper, Alameda County Vector Control Services District
1:45 PMCockroach control in sewers
Author(s):Jeff Hardman, Alameda County Vector Control Services District
2:00PMEndemicity of flea-borne typhus in Los Angeles County, California
Author(s): J. Wakoli Wekesa,, Kimberly Nelson, Angela Brisco, Melvin Cook, and Kenn Fujioka, San Gabriel Valley Mosquito and Vector Control District
2:15PMEpizootic plague activity and control measures in Yosemite National Park, 2015
Author(s): Mary Danforth, Public Health Foundation Enterprises, Mark Novak and Vicki Kramer, California Department of Public Health Vector-Borne Disease Section
2:30PMAn unusual encounter with biting mites at a wildlife rescue center
Author(s): Angie Nakano, Marin Sonoma Mosquito and Vector Control District
2:45PMAlameda County tick and tick-borne disease surveillance (2009-2015)
Author(s): Lucia Hui, Natalia Fedorova, Joyce Kleinjan, and David James, Alameda County Vector Control Services District
3:00PMTick exposure risk while recreating on trails in Henry Coe State Park
Author(s): Denise Bonilla, Santa Clara Vector Control District and Charsey Cole Porse CDPH/UCD
Symposium: Terrestrial Vertebrates
Moderator: Robert Gay,
Monday February 29, 2016
3:45-5:30 PM
3:45 PMNorway rat sewer baiting program in the City of Oakland
Author(s): Robert B. Gay, Alameda County Vector Control Services District
4:00 PMRoof rat BMP strategies
Author(s):David Gould, Alameda County Vector Control Services District
4:15 PMRabies overview: For Alameda County in 2015
Author(s):Joanne M. Christianson, Alameda County Vector Control Services District
4:30 PMRaccoon and skunk BMP strategies
Author(s): John Sutton, Alameda County Vector Control Services District
4:45 PMWildlife specialist overview and support of a vector control district
Author(s): David Hammett, USDA-APHIS, Alameda County Vector Control Services District
5:00 PMUSDA Wildlife Services Program
Author(s): Wade Carlson, California Wildlife Services USDA-APHIS Wildlife Services
William C. Reeves New Investigator Award
Moderator, Jamesina J. Scott, District Manager, Lake County VCD
Monday February 29, 2016
5:30-6:30 PM
5:30 PMThe impacts of cycling temperature on West Nile virus transmission in California's Central Valley
Author(s): Mary E. Danforth, William K. Reisen, and Christopher M. Barker, Center for Vectorborne Diseases and Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis,
Presenter: Mary E. Danforth, Ph.D.
5:50 PMTimed observations of precopulatory interactions between Aedesaegypti and Aedesalbopictus
Author(s): Carrie De Jesusand Michael Reiskind, MPH, North Carolina State University, NCSU-Entomology
Presenter: Carrie De Jesus
6:10 PMAn analysis of Borreliaspirochete load in Ixodespacificusticks of San Mateo County
Author(s): Warren Paul Macdonald, San Mateo County Mosquito and Vector Control District; Vanessa Cook.and Alan G. Barbour, Departments of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of California, Irvine
Presenter: Warren Paul Macdonald
Symposium: Community Engagement
Moderator: Jason Farned, San Gabriel Mosquito and Vector Control District
Tuesday March 1, 2016
8:00-10:00 AM
8:00 AMAdvocacy and engagement of local elected officials
Author(s): Luz Maria Rodriguez, Sacramento-Yolo Mosquito & Vector Control District
8:12 AMGetting started on social media
Author(s): Megan Caldwell, San Mateo County Mosquito and Vector Control District
8:25 AMIs social media worth a substantial investment in time and money?
Author(s): Pablo A. Cabrera, San Gabriel Valley Mosquito & Vector Control District
8:37 AMCommunity outreach and education: chikungunya and dengue
Author(s): Lauren Salmo,, California Department of Public Health Vector-borne Disease Section
8:50 AMPublic usage of the West Nile virus Dead Bird Hotline and Website
Author(s): Leslie Foss, WNV Dead Bird Surveillance Program California Department of Public Health Vector-Borne Disease Section
9:05 AMNow it’s “next gen?” What’s next?
Author(s): Carol Anne Hagele, San Gabriel Valley Mosquito & Vector Control District
9:15 AMTeachers tools: Educating students about mosquito control in and out of the classroom
Author(s): Jill Oviatt and Olivia Rodriguez, Coachella Valley Mosquito and Vector Control District
9:30 AMIf it “bleeds it leads” or sometimes it is a mammal with wings infected with rabies (Bats, rabies, and the media in Alameda County).
Author(s): Daniel Wilson, Alameda County Vector Control Services District
Symposium: Operations
Moderator: David Heft, General Manager, Turlock Mosquito Abatement District
Tuesday March 1, 2016
8:00-10:00 AM
8:00 AMThe effects of wildland fire on vector control
Author(s): Sandi Courcier, Lake County Vector Control District
8:10 AM2015 drought-related mosquito control challenges and observations in lower sacramento valley
Author(s): Marty Scholl, Sacramento-Yolo Mosquito and Vector Control District
8:20 AMAnalysis of 2015 aerial applications in San Joaquin County and the resulting reduction in West Nile virus activity and vector populations
Author(s): David J. Smith, John Fritz, Eddie Lucchesi, Shaoming Huang, San Joaquin County Mosquito and Vector Control District
8:30 AMAerial adulticide spray block design
Author(s): Marcia Reed, Sacramento-Yolo Mosquito & Vector Control District
8:45:00 AMAedes albopictuscontrol GLACVCD
Author(s): Mark Daniels, Greater Los Angeles County Vector Control District
9:00 AMField and cage enclosure studies investigating interactions between invasive aquatic weeds and mosquitoes
Author(s): Rakim Turnipseed and Patrick Moran, USDA-ARS, WRRC; Sandy Allan, USDA-ARS, CMAVE
9:10 AMThe bionomics of Culicoides occidentalis at Borax Lake
Author(s): Bonnie M. Ryan, Michelle Koschik, Brittany M. Nelms, David L. Woodward, Jamesina J. Scott, Lake County Vector Control District
9:20 AMWatching ants: How insect behavior impacts protocol
Author(s): Jennifer A. Henke and Gabriela Perezchica-Harvey, Coachella Valley Mosquito and Vector Control District
9:30 AMPathogens and microbial diversity of the Pacific coast tick, Dermacentor occidentalis, in San Diego County, California.
Author(s): Nikos Gurfield, Saran Grewal and Lynnie Cua, Department of Environmental Health, County of San Diego; Scott T. Kelley, Department of Biology, San Diego State University
9:40 AMTemperature-dependent model of bluetongue transmission risk
Author(s): Courtney Shelley, Graduate group in Epidemiology at UC Davis; Christine Mayo, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University; N. James Maclachlan, Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, School of Veterinary Medicine
Symposium: Information Technology
Moderator: Peter Bonkrude, Shasta MVCD
Tuesday March 1, 2016
10:15 AM- 12:15 PM
10:15 AMInformation technology at Santa Clara County Vector Control District
Author(s): Russ Parman, Santa Clara County - Vector Control District
10:25 AMVeeMAC - vector management software
Author(s): Gregg Lanzing and Steve Fry, VeeMAC
10:35 AMMapVision Enterprise 2.0
Author(s): Bill Reynolds and Piper Kimball, Leading Edge Associates Inc
10:45 AMPrecisionVision remote-piloted aircraft in vector control- multi-spectral imagery applications
Author(s): Bill Reynolds, Leading Edge Associates Inc
10:55 AMGoogle Earth Pro- demonstration of fee GIS tools
Author(s): Ruben Rosas, Sacramento-Yolo Mosquito and Vector Control Distric
11:05 AMUsing data-Informed decision making to improve efficacy and efficiency in a mosquito and vector control pogram
Author(s): Joel Buettner,Placer Mosquito and Vector Control District
11:15 AMTechnology update- nw features, enhancements and services for mosquito control
Author(s): Ryan Pierson, Electronic Data Solutions
11:25 AMData vsualization for vector control: Potential applications of software
Author(s): Mary A. Sorensen, Placer Mosquito & Vector Control District
11:35 AMCalSurv Gateway tools for managing and visualizing data on pesticide applications and resistance testing (PART)
Author(s): Jody K. Simpson, William K. Reisen, Bruce F. Eldridge and Christopher M. Barker, DART Lab, Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, School of Veterinary Medicine, UC Davis
11:45 AMCalSurv Gateway: survey of district needs and new tools for invasive Aedes
Author(s): Christopher M. Barker, Jody K. Simpson and Marisa A. Donnelly, DART Lab, Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, School of Veterinary Medicine, UC Davis; Matteo Marcantonio, Fondazione Edmund Mach, Italy
Symposium: Pesticide Applications and Resistance Management
Moderator: Steven Su, Scientific Programs Director, West Valley MVCD
Tuesday March 1, 2016
10:15-12:15 AM
10:15 AMGet to know our new foe: Susceptibility of Aedes aegypti from Montclair, California to commonly used pesticides.
Author (s):Tianyun (Steven) Su, Min-Lee Cheng, Jennifer Thieme Castlellon, B.Sc. and Quan Vong, B.Sc., West Valley Mosquito and Vector Control District
10:25AMEfficacy of ULV applications to control Clovis Aedes aegypti. Author (s):Anthony Cornel and Katherine Brisco, Mosquito Control Research Laboratory, Kearney Agricultural Research Center, UC Davis; Jodi Holeman, Charles Smith and Stephen Mulligan III, Consolidated Mosquito Abatement District
10:35AMThe impact of hand held and backpack-based treatment on Invasive Aedes mosquitoesin San Gabriel Valley, California.Ignacio Urena, Javier Romo, Gimena Ruedas, "Albo Crew",
Authors(s): Angela Brisco, Brian Sorvillo, Melvin Cook and J. Wakoli Wekesa, San Gabriel Valley Mosquito and Vector Control District
10:45 AMField evaluation of DeltaGard on field collected Culex tarsalis and Anopheles freeborni
Author(s): Stephen E. Abshier and Michael R. Kimball, Sutter-Yuba MVCD; Hans Olsen, Bayer Crop Science; Dennis Candito, ADAPCO
10:55 AMDroplet penetration and characteristics of aerial fixed-wing applications using Dibrom adulticide in Salt Lake City, Utah
Author(s):Ary Faraji, Salt Lake City Mosquito Abatement District
11:05 AMDevelopment of Etofenprox-Treated U.S. military combat uniforms
Author(s):Ulrich R. Bernier and Gregory M. Allen, USDA-ARS-CMAVE; Melynda K. Perry, Natick Soldier Research, Development, and Engineering Center; Natasha M. Agramonte, University of Florida, Department of Entomology
11:15 AMEvaluation of three granular bacterial products
Author(s): Gerald Chuzel and Jennifer A Henke, Coachella Valley Mosquito and Vector Control District
11:25 AMEntomopathogenic fungi in mosquito control
Author(s): David A. Popko, Willam W. Walton and Bradley Mullens; University of California, Riverside; Jennifer A Henke, Coachella Valley Mosquito and Vector Control
11:35 AMSiesta Insetcticide fire ant bait against red imported fire ants
Author(s): Gabriela Perezchica-Harvey and Jennfer A. Henke, Coachella Valley Mosquito and Vector Control District
11:45 AMWithin-population variability in bottle bioassay results for mosquito adulticide resistance testing: implications for replication and data interpretation
Author(s): Mary A. Sorensen and Jessica A. Stevenson, Placer Mosquito & Vector Control District
11:55 AMMonitoring resistance in Culex tarsalis collected from a single site over time
Author(s): Jacob Hartle, Clarke and Paula Macedo, Sacramento-Yolo Mosquito & Vector Control District
12:05 PMHow much do we know our mosquitoes: Susceptibility of Culex pipiens complex in urban and rural California to commonly used pesticides
Author(s): Tianyun (Steven) Su, Jennifer Thieme Castlellon, Sc, Quan Vong, and Min-Lee Cheng, West Valley Mosquito and Vector Control District
Symposium: Lab Technology and Innovations
Moderator: Kara Kelley, Microbiologist, Sacramento-Yolo Mosquito and Vector Control District
Tuesday March 1, 2016
1:15-3:30 PM
1:15 PMOptimization of rearing conditions for Culex tarsalis and Culex quinquefasciatus production in mosquito and vector control agencies
Author(s): Jessica Anne Stevenson and Mary Sorensen, Placer County Mosquito and Vector Control District
1:30 PMA new rapid diagnostic test for identifying Aedes eggs
Author(s): Ying Fang, Sandra Garcia and Christopher M. Barker, DART Lab, Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, School of Veterinary Medicine, UC Davis; Barbara Byrne, Professor, Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, School of Veterinary Medicine, UC Davis
1:45 PMLarval feeding in log deck efficacy tubs
Author(s): Tommy Moore and Mary Sorensen, Placer Mosquito and Vector Control District
2:00 PMDetection and characterization of mechanisms of insecticide resistance in Culex tarsalis
Author(s): Eva Choi and Tara Thiemann, University of the Pacific; Debra Lemenager, Sutter-Yuba Mosquito and Vector Control District; Kara Kelley and Paula Macedo, Sacramento Yolo Mosquito and Vector Control District
2:15 PMMoving rapidly from discovery to commercial collaboration: How to prepare your data to accelerate new mosquitocide delivery
Author(s): Rajeev Vaidyanathan, Clarke
2:30 PMMapVision 2.0 Enterprise: Innovations for efficient laboratory processes Part 1
Author(s): Piper Kimball and Bill Reynolds, Leading Edge Associates Inc
2:45 PMMapVision 2.0 Enterprise: Innovations for efficient laboratory processes Part 2
Author(s): Piper Kimball and Bill Reynolds, Leading Edge Associates Inc
3:00 PMUse of DropVision to optimize ULV application in Coachella Valley
Author(s): Gregory S. White, Coachella Valley Mosquito and Vector Control District
3:15 PMBiocontainment Practices and Principles
Author(s): Beau Crowley and Allan Bier, Technical Safety Services, Inc.
Symposium: Vector Borne Disease and Emerging Vectors
Moderator (s): J Wakoli Wekesa, Scientific Program Manager, San Gabriel Valley Mosquito and Vector Control District
Tuesday March 1, 2016
1:15-5:30 PM
1:15 PMThe 2016 St. Louis encephalitis virus outbreak in Maricopa County, Arizona
Author(s): Kirk A Smith, Maricopa Environmental Services, Vector Control; and Craig Levy, Maricopa County Public Health Services
1:35 PMDetection of St. Louis encephalitis virus in Coachella Valley 2015
Author(s): Gregory White, Coachella Valley Mosquito and Vector Control District
1:45 PMGenetics of re-emerging St. Louis encephalitis virus, Riverside County, California, 2015
Author(s): Lark L. Coffey, Kelly Symmes and Ying Fang,DART Lab, Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, School of Veterinary Medicine, UC Davis; Greg White, Coachella Valley Mosquito and Vector Control District
1:55 PMSimulation of overwintering potential for Aedes albopictus in California
Author(s): Christopher M. Barker, D,DART Lab, Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, School of Veterinary Medicine, UC Davis; Diego Montecito, Graduate Group in Epidemiology; Matteo Marcantonio, Fondazione Edmunc Mach, Italy; Susanne Kluh, Greater Los Angeles Vector Control District; J. Wakoli Wekesa and Kenn Fujioka, San Gabriel Valley Mosquito and Vector Control District
2:10 PMMapping climatic suitability for invasive Aedes aegypti in the United States: a process-based modeling approach
Author(s): Marisa A. Donnelly, and Christopher M Barker, DART Lab, Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, School of Veterinary Medicine, UC Davis; Susanne Kluh, Greater Los Angeles County Vector Control District; J. Wakoli Wekesa, and KennFujioka, San Gabriel Valley Mosquito and Vector Control District
2:20 PMDispersal of male Aedes aegypti in residential Clovis, California
Author(s): Anthony Cornel, and Katherine Brisco, Mosquito Control Research Laboratory, Kearney Agricultural Research Center, UC Davis; Jodi Holeman, Charles Smith, and Stephen Mulligan, Consolidated Mosquito Abatement District
2:30 PMHow many bites are too many? The biting nuisance of Aedes albopictus in the San Gabriel Valley, Los Angeles County, California
Author(s): Gimena Ruedas, Angela Brisco, Bryan Sorvillo, Melvin Cook, J. Wakoli Wekesa, and Kenn Fujioka, an Gabriel Valley Mosquito and Vector Control District
2:40 PMComparison of surveillance methods for Aedes albopictus
Author(s): Harold Morales, Tanya Posey, and Susanne Kluh, Greater Los Angeles Vector Control District
2:50 PMThe Use of CDC Autocidal Gravid Ovitraps in response to service requests
Author(s): Katherin Ramierz, Jodi Holeman, Mark Amorino, and Steve Mulligan, Consolidated Mosquito Abatement District
3:00 PMEnhanced arborvirus surveillance using sugar bait detection in suburban and rural areas in California
Author(s): Cody Steiner, DART Lab, Center for Vectorborne Diseases; and Lark L. Coffey, DART Lab, Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, School of Veterinary Medicine, UC Davis
3:10 PMADAM, Auto-Dissemination Augmented with Males: A novel strategy to control Aedes aegypti
Author(s): Steve Mulligan and Jodi Holeman, Consolidated Mosquito Abatement District; Anthony Cornel, Kearney Agricultural Research Center, UC Davis;Corey Brelsfoard, and James Mains, MosquitoMate, Inc.; Stephen Dobson, University of Kentucky
3:20 PMEpidemiology of dengue and chikungunya
Author(s): Charsey Cole Porse, California Department of Public Health, Vector-Borne Disease Section
3:30 PMHistorical and current distribution of Aedes mosquitoes in Hawai’i
Author(s): Durrell D. Kapan, Institute of Biodiversity Science and Sustainability, California Academy of Sciences; and Jonathan Winchester,US Navy, Camp LeJeune
Afternoon Break
Moderator (s): Paula Macedo, , Laboratory Director, Sacramento-Yolo Mosquito and Vector Control District
3:45 PMAn outbreak of flea-borne typhus in San Gabriel Valley, Los Angeles County, California
Author(s): Kimberly Nelson, Gilbert Holguin, Angela Brisco, Melvin Cook, Kenn Fujioka, and J. Wakoli Wekesa, San Gabriel Valley Mosquito and Vector Control District; Chelsea Foo, Curtis Croker, and Rachel Civen, Acute Communicable Disease Control, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health; Chelsea Foo, CDC/CSTE Applied Epidemiology Fellowship Program, Atlanta, GA
3:55 PMFilarial infection of mosquitoes in Lake County
Author(s): Tiffany Tran, and Tara Thiemann,University of the Pacific; Brittany Nelms,Lake County Vector Control District
4:05 PMEpizootic plague activity and control measures in Yosemite National Park, 2015
Author(s): Mary Beth Danforth, Public Health Foundation Enterprises; Mark Novak, and Vicki Kramer, California Department of Public Health, Vector-Borne Disease Section
4:15 PMPlague in South Lake Tahoe
Author(s): Bryan T. Jackson, Mark Novak, Gregory Hacker, Kelly Liebman, and Mary Beth Danforth, California Department of Public Health, Vector-Borne Disease Section; Karen Bender, and Stefan Sielsch,County of El Dorado, Vector Control
4:25 PMBionomics and vector potential of Culex thriambusmosquitoes in Lake County, California
Author(s): Brittany M Nelms, Danielle Bridges, Bonnie M. Ryan, Michelle Koschik, Jamesina J. Scott, Lake County Vector Control District; Tara Thiemann, University of the Pacific
4:35 PM Bloodfeeding patterns of mosquitoes in San Joaquin County, California
Author(s): Tara Thiemann,Kevan Shergill, Charlotte van Schooten, Megan Bomar, Eva Choi, Kiran Grewal, Felix Hong, and Bryce KatoUniversity of the Pacific, Biological Sciences; Shaoming Huang, San Joaquin Mosquito & Vector Control District
4:45 PMUtilization of American crows by host-seeking Culex mosquitoes