News Briefs
July 17, 2015
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Interested in a career in mosquito and vector control? Check out the MVCAC Job Board at www.mvcac.org

 

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

 
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MVCAC Summer Meeting

NEXT THURSDAY

July 23rd, 2015

Sheraton Grand Sacramento 1230 J St Sacramento, CA 95814

 

Schedule:

Board of Directors Meeting

Tofanelli Room

10 a.m. - 1 p.m.

 

Click here to view the Board Agenda/Packet for this meeting (updated 7.14.15)

 

Still need a hotel room? Contact Rachel Hickerson (rhickerson@amgroup.us).

See you in Sacramento!

MVCAC Corporate Member Fiscal Status Reports

 

Note: Please disregard the message below if you have already submitted your fiscal status report, or if you have been in touch with MVCAC staff regarding your fiscal status report.


 

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.

Why Mosquitoes Will Always Track You Down
Getty Images

Scientists now understand how scent, sight and heat work together to lead the insects to humans.


 

Ever wonder why mosquitoes seem drawn to your body like magnets? Scientists now understand the method the insects use to find their human prey, and it involves three steps.

 

Read more

California reports 1st human West Nile virus cases in Butte County, detected after blood donation
Blood donation Image/ Waldszenen at the wikipedia project

The first human infections of West Nile Virus (WNV) have been confirmed in two residents of Butte County after a routine blood donation. These are the first human infections of WNV reported this year.

 

Blood donation centers routinely check for viruses in the blood as a precautionary measure and do not retain any infected blood. The two people were unaware of their virus and are symptom free. Both infections are separate and unrelated to each other.

 

Petaluma mosquitoes test positive for West Nile virus
Nick Picinich, rodent control specialist with Marin/Sonoma Mosquito & Vector Control District, looks for salt marsh mosquito larvae in the wetlands near the Petaluma River, south of the Sheraton Sonoma County hotel, in Petaluma on Monday, March 2, 2015. (Christopher Chung/ The Press Democrat)

West Nile virus has been detected in mosquitoes in Sonoma County for the first time this year, and the disease has infected two people in Butte County, public health officials said this week. The announcements come amid rising reports of the disease around the state.


 

Nevada County health officials also confirmed to a local news agency that they are investigating a human death as a suspected West Nile case, though the results of ongoing tests will not be known for several days.

 

 
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.