Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases Program
2012 Vector Control Workshop
2012 Vector Control Conference & Workshop
April 19, 2012 8AM-5PM
Palo Verde Holiday Inn, Tucson, AZ
The 2012 Vector Control Conference & Workshop featured local experts covering vector control topics. The objective was to gather agencies involved in vector control and research to generate discussion and exchange of information valuable for improving and expanding vector control measures in the state of Arizona.
- Introduction - Glenda Aguirre (moderator), Pima County Health Department
- Workshop, Part 1 - Babs Johnson, Pima County Health Department
- Kissing Bugs in Southern Arizona: Health Risks and Control - Carolina E. Reisenman, University of Arizona
- So do we have a Bed Bug crisis and what are we doing about it? - Paul Baker, University of Arizona
- Efforts to enhance Public Health Surveillance for the Emerging Vector-borne Disease Threat of Dengue, in the Arizona Border Region - Orion McCotter, Arizona Department of Health Services
- Tick Control on The Tohono O'odham Nation - Eva Ybarra and Delsen Liston, Tohono O'Odham Nation
- Vector-Borne Disease Highlights from the 2012 International Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases - Craig Levy, Maricopa County Department of Public Health
- 2011 Arizona Zoonotic Diseases Update - Selam Tecle, Arizona Department of Health Services
- 2011 Arizona Mosquito-Borne Diseases Update - Mike Fink, Arizona Department of Health Services
- Mosquito Diversity and the Arizona Landscape - Frank Ramberg, University of Arizona
- Sweetwater Wetlands: Facilities Modifications to Reduce Mosquito Habitat - Bruce Prior, Tucson Water
- Overview of Maricopa County's Vector Control Program - John Townsend, Maricopa County Environmental Services
- Implementing Gila Topminnow as Vector Control in a County Program - Jeff Terrell, Pima County Health Department, Doug Duncan, U.S. Fish and Wildlife, & Ross Timmons, Arizona Game and Fish
- West Nile Virus Disease: Associations with Immune Decline in People - Anne Wertheimer, University of Arizona
- Workshop, Part 2 - Babs Johnson, Pima County Health Department
Note: Information provided in PDF files, unless otherwise inidcated.
Please contact glenda.aguirre@pima.gov or christine.wampler@azdhs.gov if you have any questions.