321 - Arboviral Surveillance in Maricopa County, Arizona

Maricopa County is a county in the south-central part of the U.S. state of Arizona. It is one of the largest counties in the United States by area, and is by far Arizona's most populous county, encompassing well over half of the state's residents. It has a climate that is characterized by extreme heat risk, high drought risk, and relatively low precipitation risk with a variety of land habitats, including desert, foothills, and river valleys. Our Vector Control Division conducts year‐round surveillance and abatement of mosquitoes by deploying routine traps every week and additional complaint driven traps to collect mosquitoes. Culex mosquitoes are tested for West Nile and St. Louis encephalitis viruses and Aedes aegypti mosquitoes are tested for Chikungunya, Dengue and Zika viruses. This talk will discuss more about how we do this.