Public Health Guidelines for Phased Response to Mosquito Surveillance
The following recommendations are intended to guide mosquito control programs and may include other applicable community
procedures. All ations are subject to change without notice due to organizational priories, weather or other unforeseen
roumstances,
7 sabllity os _ Recommended response _
category | naman eutseak | _"Thsnots
ot | None ‘No evidence of | Surveillance
mosquito orviral_| + Develop response plan
ctviy | Information/Education
* Inflate community outreach and public education programs
* Conduct audience research to developtarget education & community
involvement |
Control Measures
* Contact community partners
| + Secure necessary contol resources fo enable emergency response,
T Tow Normal mosquito”) Survelliance
activity with ite. | + Routine monitoring of public heath threats by ATCPHO
‘or no evidence of | » Monitor larval and adult mosquito bionomics (trap surveillance)
viral activity | identity mosquito samples and laboratory testing fr disease
Information/Education
* Public education and community outreach programs focused on risk potential,
personal protection and residential source reduction
Control Measures
* Source reduction through physical and environmental measures
«Biological - mosquito fish
* Lanieides (surface o's, boraionel bacterial products and insect growth
regulators)
z Moderate | Virus detecied in | Survellance
mosquito samples | Increase mosquito survelilance in areas of postive traps
Information/Education
‘+ Public health advisory released
‘+ Advise the public and emphasize source reduction, personal protection and
disease symptoms
Control Measures
+ Larvaciding of breading sites around infacted trap sites
+ Consider ground-based ULV adulicide application around postive trap location,
with continued mosquito surveillance
3 High Virus detected in| Survelianee
multiple mosquito | + increase surveillance activites in adjacent areas where spread of virus is tkely
samples from _ | information/Edueation
different times and | * Public health warning released
locations and | * Publicize vector contol measures within the target communitios
confirmed human | wam the general pubic ofthe probably of disease and provide guidance
= Control Measures:
* Ground-based ULV adulcide application of area around confirmed human
case(s) after mosquito trapping confirms the presence of diseas
+ Ground-based ULV adulicide application of postive mosquito sites and
expanded areas around ates
+ Consider aerial treatments)
@—] Outbreak in] ~Mulipi human | Survelilance
progress | cases.confirmed | » Continue mosauilo suvellance in areas of confirmed human cases
and detection of | Informatlon/Education
increased or | 's Pubic neath emergency considered
continued viral_| Declaration of public health emergency/distibutlon of emergency alerts
mosquio activity | Control Measure
* Ground-based ULV adulcide application in areas of clustered human casos
‘+ Recommend aerial adulcide appictions in targeted zones