254 - The Dance of Two Agencies: Local Mosquito Abatement Program and Local Health Department’s response to Potential Imported and Locally Acquired Mosquito-borne Disease Cases.

Abstract: Mosquito-borne diseases are considered among the world’s most deadly illnesses known to man, and continue to pose a significant public health risk. The collaborative partnership and cooperation between local mosquito control districts and health department agencies plays an important role to protect the public from imported and locally acquired mosquito-borne diseases.
Due to Lee County’s ever-changing demography of residents and visitors traveling to and from Central, South America and the Caribbean, there have been a constant influx of travel-related exotic mosquito-borne illnesses that are currently among the existing non-exotic arbovirus illnesses already being monitored. Lee County Mosquito Control District have developed a synergetic relationship with the local health department for decades, serving on the frontline and working closely together to monitor potential human cases and competent vectors that may cause mosquito-borne disease outbreaks. This presentation will discuss the distribution of information between both agencies, and the procedure surrounding activated responses regarding potential human arbovirus cases.