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Determine the number and types of mosquitoes present during the evening at prescribed time periods. This information will enhance disease surveillance and control efforts by revealing the optimum time to collect vector species and implement control measures.
Determine if mosquito populations at selected sites are localized or migratory. This will be achieved by collecting and identifying adult and immature forms at these sites. By knowing the behavior of mosquitoes control efforts can be enhanced.
Determine the effectiveness of different disease surveillance methodologies for the detection of WNV. Mosquitoes will be collected using these methods and tested for WNV and other diseases.
A collaborative effort with the University of New Mexico, Johns Hopkins University, and other public health agencies to determine the impact which environmental factors have on mosquitoes throughout the Rio Grande from El Paso, TX to Alamosa, CO.
A collaborative effort with Harvard University to determine the impact of local ecological changes on mosquito populations and diversity in the greater Albuquerque area. The impact of sites such as tire dumps, wetland areas, golf courses, etc. will be evaluated.
Surveillance for Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus to determine their presence and/or prevalence and their impact as disease vectors in Bernalillo County.
Laboratory colonization of native mosquito species to conduct insecticide resistance tests and the impact of control methods.
To better understand the role of mice in the epidemiology of plague.
To determine the role flea vectors serve as transmitters of plague seasonally.
Investigate the role of the microhabitat on flea survival.