West Nile Virus Mosquito Information
Mosquito Links and Resources:
View the selections below to get information on mosquito surveillance, control, and general mosquito biology.
USGS Mosquito Maps
- Mosquito Surveillance Map, 2007
- Mosquito Surveillance Map, 2006
- Mosquito Surveillance Map, 2005
- Mosquito Surveillance Map, 2004
- Mosquito Surveillance Map, 2003
- Mosquito Surveillance Map, 2002
- Mosquito Surveillance Map, 2001
- Mosquito Surveillance Map, 2000
EPA/CDC - Mosquitoes, West Nile Virus, and Mosquito Management/Control
- Joint Statement on Mosquito Control in the United States from the EPA and the CDC
- Mosquito Control and West Nile Virus - EPA
- Mosquito Control - EPA
- Methods of Mosquito Control - EPA
- PR Notice 2005-1 - Labeling Statements on Products Used for Adult Mosquito Control (pdf) - EPA
- PR Notice 2005-1 Question and Answer - EPA
- West Nile Virus, Mosquitoes and Pesticides - EPA Region 2
- Entomology - Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
- Mosquito Species List Contains the Species Found in West Nile Positive Since 1999 - CDC
- West Nile Virus: Avoid Mosquito Bites to Avoid Infection - CDC
Mosquito Management/Control
- Pest Control Information, Mosquitoes - National Pesticide Information Center
- Mosquito Information - American Mosquito Control Association
- Mosquito Control Districts - American Mosquito Control Association
- Adult Mosquito Control Programs, Final Environmental Impact Statement - New York City Department of Health
- Pest Management for Prevention and Control of Mosquitoes with Special Attention to West Nile Virus (pdf) - Washington State University Cooperative Extension Service
- Mosquito Management - University of Florida, Mosquito Information Web Site
- Public Health Pest Control: Pesticide Applicator Training Manual - University of Florida
- Carbon Dioxide Mosquito Traps No Magic Bullet, Say UF Experts - University of Florida Extension
- Mosquito Control Devices and Services for Florida Homeowners - University of Florida Extension
- Mosquito Trapping Devices - University of Florida Extension
Mosquito - Other
- West Nile Virus - Cornell Cooperative Extension, Medical Entomology Extension
- Cornell Scientists Developing Online West Nile Virus Warning System By Collecting Climate and Mosquito Data - Cornell News, June 19, 2003
State/University Mosquito Fact Sheets:
Below are some general fact sheets published by individual states affected by West Nile virus. You may select the state information page to see if your state has posted any information on WNV and mosquitoes. If you would like to see your state's WNV mosquito fact sheet posted below, please fill out this comments form and tell us about it.
- Mosquito Biology Fact Sheet - New York City Department of Health
- Fight the Bite - Mosquitoes and West Nile Virus - New York City Department of Health
- Mosquito Life: Biology, Ecology, Habitat, and Intersecting Factors - University of Florida, Mosquito Information Web Site
- New Jersey Mosquito Biology and Control - Rutgers University
- Mosquitoes and Disease - Plymouth County Massachusetts Mosquito Control Project
- West Nile Virus and Mosquito Control - New Hampshire Department of Health & Human Services
Scientific Journal Articles on WNV and Mosquitoes:
Below are selected journal articles on the West Nile virus and mosquitoes, including links to the CDC's Emerging Infectious Diseases and Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. Additional journal articles from various sources are accessed through PubMed, a bibliographic database from the National Institutes of Health. If you would like to see an article posted below that is currently not listed, please fill out this comments form and tell us about it.
- Protective Behavior and West Nile Virus Risk. Emerg Infect Dis, 2005 Sep;11(9).
- West Nile Virus Risk Assessment and the Bridge Vector Paradigm. Emerg Infect Dis, 2005 Mar;11(3).
- Ixodid and Argasid Tick Species and West Nile Virus. Emerg Infect Dis, 2004 Apr;10(4).
- Emerging Vectors in the Culex pipiens Complex. Science, 2004 March; 303(5663):1535-8.
- Hybrid Mosquitoes Suspected in West Nile Virus Spread. Science, 2004 March; 303(5663):1451.
- Pyrethroid tolerance in Culex pipiens pipiens var molestus from Marin County, California. Pest Management Science, 2003 Dec 16; 60(4):359-368.
- Vector Competence of California Mosquitoes for West Nile virus. Emerg Infect Dis, 2002 Dec;8(12).
- Host Feeding Habits of Culex and Other Mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) in the Borough of Queens in New York City, with Characters and Techniques for Identification of Culex Mosquitoes. J Med entomol 2002; 39(5):777-785.
- Effect of environmental temperature on the ability of Culex pipiens (Diptera: Culicidae) to transmit West Nile virus. J Med entomol, 2002; 39(1):221-225.
- Pesticides and Public Health: Integrated Methods of Mosquito Management. Emerg Inf Dis, 2001 Jan-Feb;7(1).
- Potential North American Vectors of West Nile Virus. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 2001; 951:317-324.
- Notice to Readers: Update: West Nile Virus Isolated from Mosquitoes - New York, 2000. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, March 17, 2000; 49(10):211.
- Update: Surveillance for West Nile Virus in Overwintering Mosquitoes - New York, 2000. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, March 10, 2000; 49(09):178-9.
- Potential for New York mosquitoes to transmit West Nile virus. Am J Trop Med Hyg, 2000 Mar; 62(3):413-4.
- Experimental studies on the vector potential of certain Culex species to West Nile virus. Indian J Med Res, 1997 Sep;106:225-8.
- Vertical transmission of West Nile virus by Culex and Aedes species mosquitoes. Am J Trop Med Hyg, 1993 Jun;48(6):757-62.
