News Briefs
May 29, 2015
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Jobs

Interested in a career in mosquito and vector control? Check out the MVCAC Job Board at www.mvcac.org

 

Have a Job or RFP to post to MVCAC.org?  

Requests to post job listings (no more than 500 words in length) should be submitted to the webmaster at kandosca@amgroup.us.

 
Do you have important news to share about your district or mosquito and vector issues?

If you would like your news to be included in the MVCAC News Briefs, please send press releases and/or links to relevant news articles to mvcac@mvcac.org
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New email option for WNV Dead Bird Surveillance Program

Local Agencies:

 

The WNV Dead Bird Surveillance Program is implementing a new feature: the option to have your dead bird submission forms emailed to you instead of faxed.

If you are interested in this option:

 

*    Please reply to me (Leslie.Foss@cdph.ca.gov) with the email address you would like for your agency; note: only one email address per agency please

 

*    The hotline protocol will not change: hotline assistants will still call your agency prior to emailing the submission form

 

Also, please know that faxing will continue. This is just a new option for those who want to switch to email only. Emailed reports will be available mid-June.

 

If you have any questions, feel free to contact me.

 

Leslie

 

Leslie Foss, M.S.

Coordinator, WNV Dead Bird Surveillance Program

California Department of Public Health

Vector-Borne Disease Section

850 Marina Bay Parkway, Richmond CA 94804

Phone: 510-412-6255  Fax: 510-412-6263

 leslie.foss@cdph.ca.gov

www.westnile.ca.gov

MVCAC Summer Meeting

July 23rd, 2015

Sheraton Grand Sacramento 1230 J St Sacramento, CA 95814

 

Click here to book a room

or call 800-325-3535

Rate $149, until 6/28/2015

**The group rate cutoff is June 28th, 2015, book your room ASAP!

 

Schedule coming soon!

 

Staffing for Statewide Conferences

MVCAC will be attending conferences of statewide associations in the fall and winter to further engage and educate audiences we have not had the opportunity to get our messages out to. MVCAC is looking for local districts to help staff the events and can be experts on mosquito and vector control issues.

 

Conferences include:

If you are interested in participating, even for one day, please contact Jenny Dudikoff who is organizing these events: jdudikoff@ka-pow.com

MVCAC Corporate Member Fiscal Status Reports

New this year, we are collecting all fiscal status information online through the MVCAC member portal.  Instructions on how to login to your district's portal account are below.  Once this updated fiscal information is received, we will send you your 2015-16 dues invoice.

  1. Login using your district login information.  This is the main login that was provided to managers a couple of months ago, if you need it resent please email us at mvcac@mvcac.org.
  2. Once logged in, please click the link titled: "Create Corporate Members Fiscal Status Report 2015-2016"
  3. Enter the information requested: Total Actual Expenditures, Capital/Fixed Asset Expenditures, Operational Expenditures, and your name.
  4. You will then see a confirmation page, please review the information you entered and then click "Save Changes"
  5. After clicking "Save Changes" you should receive a confirmation email.  A dues invoice will be mailed to you by the MVCAC staff shortly after you submit your information.

We know many districts have not closed their books yet, so please submit your fiscal status reports when you are able.  We're hoping to have all dues payments received by September 1, 2015.
 

Please feel free to contact the office if you have any questions or if you need any assistance logging in to or navigating the portal.  Thank you for supporting MVCAC!

Call for Proceedings Papers

Click here to view the guidelines for contributions

 

It is time to begin preparation of the Proceedings and Papers of the 83rd annual conference of the Mosquito and Vector Control Association of California. There were many excellent presentations at the annual meeting in January in Monterey, and I am hopeful that the authors will choose to submit their presentations for publication in the Proceedings. Attached to this e-mail are the guidelines for submitting manuscripts; please read and follow these instructions in preparing your papers. Manuscripts should be submitted electronically and simultaneously to me (janwash@berkeley.edu) and Rachel Hickerson (RHickerson@amgroup.us). The deadline for manuscript submission is July 31, 2015.

Exam 72 Results Posted

The results for Exam 72 have been posted on the CE website: http://ce.calsurv.org/

What really works against bug bites
Would you rather be eaten alive by mosquitoes and ticks that can carry debilitating-and even deadly-diseases or douse yourself in harmful repellents full of potentially dangerous chemicals? Almost three-quarters of Americans say they worry more about insect-carried diseases, such as West Nile and Lyme as well as newer threats like chikungunya and Powassan, according to a recent Consumer Reports survey of 2,011 U.S. adults.

Read more

Coffee May Be the Future of Mosquito Control

For many people, coffee is the perfect way to start the day, end a meal, or help to recover after a long weekend. But while humans may tend to love the bitter flavour -- usually with some cream and sugar -- some insects find it toxic.

 

One of these coffee haters is the mosquito, particularly the species Aedes albopictus, also known as the Asian tiger mosquito. It's not found in Canada but it can be found in pretty much any tropical area of the world as well as most of Europe and the United States. As with all mosquitoes, it's a pest and a bite can lead to a bump and that annoying itchiness.


Read more

MVCAC Archive

Formerly hosted within the MVCAC Dropbox account, these files are available on the members-only side of MVCAC.org.  


If you have files you would like to submit (ex. salary surveys) to be added to the archive on MVCAC.org, simply email them over to mvcac@mvcac.org.
West Nile Virus Dead Bird Testing and Hotline

West Nile virus dead bird testing and the WNV Dead Bird Hotline began on April 15, 2015. 

 

Live calls are being answered (1-877-WNV-BIRD) and online reports are being responded to (www.westnile.ca.gov). 

 

Agencies can bypass the message options by calling the agency line at (510-412-4601). This will connect you to the hotline operators. If you need to enter a dead bird report and obtain a dead bird number, please use the Gateway.