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Managing Rodents and Mosquitoes Through Integrated Pest Management – (Webcast originally aired September 18, 2003, 1:00-2:30 p.m.) Online Webcast provides information for local health authorities to implement integrated pest management
Mosquitoes and You: West Nile Virus Training for Elementary School Students (Volusia County Health Department, Florida) – multimedia training program with age-appropriate games, videos, and workbooks [K-2] [PDF 1,265 KB]; [3-5] [PDF 1,706 KB] and includes a teacher's manual [PDF 907 KB]. This program was developed in collaboration with the Volusia County [Florida] Health Department. (http://www.volusiahealth.com/eh/training.html#westnile)
Pictorial Keys to Arthropods, Reptiles, Birds, and Mammals of Public Health Significance – pictorial keys used to teach animal identification to personnel (sanitarians, engineers, physicians, veterinarians, etc.) without special training in taxonomy
Stormwater Management and Vector Breeding Habits [PDF 70 KB] – information about stormwater-runoff management
Vector Control – This section from Emergency and Terrorism Preparedness for Environmental Health Practitioners provides information and technical assistance on vector control for preventing disease and protecting public health.
West Nile Virus – links to information about West Nile virus
What Is Integrated Pest Management? [PDF 97 KB] – defines the four components of integrated pest management (IPM): inspection, monitoring, treatment, and evaluation
Mosquito Control [external link] (Association of State and Territorial Health Officials) – report containing recommendations to create sustainable mosquito-control programs
Public Health Significance of Urban Pests [external link] (World Health Organization) – a new analysis of the direct and indirect impacts of present-day urban pests on health