Consolidated Mosquito Abatement District Parlier, California, United States
Abstract: In 2018 the Consolidated Mosquito Abatement District (CMAD) along with its collaborators Verily and MosquitoMate demonstrated the successful suppression of female Aedes aegypti mosquitoes in an urban residential neighborhood in Fresno County, California through the continuous release of Wolbachia infected male Ae. aegypti mosquitoes. In 2018 the Debug Fresno program achieved >95% suppression across all release sites with the most isolated site named, Harlan Ranch achieving 98% suppression of wild Ae. aegypti mosquitoes. Releases in Harlan Ranch were conducted in 2018 and 2019. The experimental use permit the District and collaborators had been conducting release under expired at the end of 2019. With no additional releases planned, the District established fixed surveillance sites using BG sentinel traps in 2020 to monitor how quickly the population of Ae. aegypti recovered in this neighborhood. The outcomes of that surveillance effort will be reviewed in addition to resident feedback the District has received on the Debug Fresno program since 2020.
