31st Annual Vector-Borne & Zoonotic Diseases

Conference & Workshop 2007

May 1-2, 2007

Mesa Public Safety Training Facility

3260 N. 40th St. Mesa, AZ

New! Presentations

Lisa Shender, DVM, Arizona Game & Fish: "Update: Surveillance in Wild Birds"

Hortentia Harris, DVM, United States Department of Agriculture-Animal and Plant Health Inspection Services-Veterinary Services: "Borders: Prevention at Ports of Entry"

Mary Hayden, PhD, University of Colorado: "Ae. Aegypti in Sonora & Southern Arizona- Study" and "Dengue Transmission at the Texas Border" (presentation not posted)

Tammy Sylvester, BSN, Maricopa County Department of Public Health: "Dengue Cluster of Maricopa County Residents"

Craig Levy, MS, Arizona Department of Health Services- Vector-Borne & Zoonotic Diseases: "West Nile Virus: Update of Arizona, United States, Highlights, 2007 Game Plan"

Tim Lant, PhD, Arizona State University-Decision Theatre: "West Nile Virus/Maricopa County: Date Model and GIS Capture" (presentation not posted)

Ken Abbot, PhD, Yavapai College: "Hantavirus Research in Arizona" (presentation not posted)

Chuck Sterling, PhD, University of Arizona- Veterinary Science: "Chagas Disease: Peru Perspective and Arizona's Concern"

Yvette Miller, MD, American Red Cross: "Chagas Disease: Blood Screening Overview"

Rebecca Sunenshine, MD, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention: "Chagas Disease: Clinical Guidelines" (presentation not posted)

Pablo Guerenstein, PhD, University of Arizona- Department of Neurobiology: "Kissing Bug Research" (presentation not posted) Link to research: http://www.neurobio.arizona.edu/faculty/hildebrand/kissingbug/index.html

Mike Fink, MS, Arizona Department of Health Services- Vector-Borne & Zoonotic Diseases: "Chagas Disease: History of Research / Arizona"

Craig Levy, MS, Arizona Department of Health Services- Vector-Borne & Zoonotic Diseases: "Vector-Borne & Zoonotic Disease Update & Highlights from the 2007 American Mosquito Control Association Meeting"

Elisabeth Lawaczeck, DVM, Arizona Department of Health Services- Vector-Borne & Zoonotic Diseases: "Zoonotic Disease Update: Rabies, Tularemia, etc. Overview & Projections"

Stephanie Woods, University of Arizona: "MRSA in Pets"

Mary Hayden, PhD, University of Colorado: "Educating Spanish-Speaking Migrant Workers About West Nile Virus" (presentation not posted)

Kathleen Walker, PhD, University of Arizona: "West Nile Virus: Door Flyers" (presentation not posted)

John Townsend, BS, Maricopa County Vector Control: "Asian Tiger Mosquitoes- Maricopa County"

Gale Jirek, ADAPCO: "Mosquito Larval Control" and "Mosquito Adulticide Control & New Technology"

Carl Olson, MS, University of Arizona: "Kissing Bugs: Identification, Species, Ecology, Host, Habitat" 

Continuing Education Credits (CEUs)

• 12 hours of continuing education have been approved by the Sanitarian's Council for any registered sanitarian that attended both days of this conference.
   
• 9 hours of continuing education have been approved by the Structural Pest Control Commission for any licensed pesticide applicator that attended both days of this conference.
   
• 4.5 hours of veterinary continuing education have been approved by the Arizona State Veterinary Medical Examining Board.