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Board accepts Mohave County Environmental Health mosquito surveillance program after presentation on West Nile and other vectors
Summary
Environmental Health presented a mosquito surveillance and mitigation overview covering species, trapping, West Nile testing and control strategies; the Board voted to accept the program details and to prioritize larvicide and surveillance amid funding changes that may reduce fogging capacity.
Mohave County Environmental Health staff presented an overview of the county’s mosquito surveillance and mitigation activities and the Board of Health voted to accept the program details.
The presenter (identified in the record as an Environmental Health staff member) reviewed local surveillance from 2017–2023: nearly 2,000 traps were set and about 3.8 million mosquitoes were collected. The county identified nine mosquito species locally, including three Culex species (vectors of West Nile virus), Aedes aegypti (vector for dengue, Zika and chikungunya) and Culiseta columbiae, which the presenter said represented about 97 percent of captures in Mohave Valley and is…
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