DOEHS Vector Surveillance 2006 Sand Fly and Mosquito Surveillance in CENTCOM

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DOEHS Vector Surveillance 2006 Sand Fly and
Mosquito Surveillance in CENTCOM
Richard D. Wells ENTOMOLOGICAL SCIENCES
PROGRAM US ARMY CENTER FOR HEALTH PROMOTION AND
PREVENTIVE MEDICINE
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Vector Borne Disease Threats

• Iraq
• Leishmaniasis
• Operational Risk Estimate Low
• Sand fly fever
• Operational Risk Estimate Low
• Afghanistan
• Malaria
• Operational Risk Estimate Moderate
• Leishmaniasis
• Operational Risk Estimate Low

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Leishmaniasis

• Cutaneous
• Leishmania major
• L. tropica

• Visceral
• L. donovani
• L. infantum

Sand Flies
Phlebotomus papatasi ? L. major P.
sergenti ? L.
tropica P. alexandri ? L.
donovani/infantum
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IRAQ
Leishmaniasis Distribution Cutaneous and Viseral
Risk Areas
Mosul
Kirkuk
Tikrit
Baghdad
An Nasiriyah
Al Basrah
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• DOEHS Vector Surveillance
• Key Players
• PM Units
• Walter Reed Army Institute of Research
• USACHPPM
• USACHPPM North
• Deployment Environmental Surveillance Program
• Entomological Sciences Program

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• Sand Fly and Mosquito Surveillance
• Supplies and Equipment
• 2005
• 35 Kits sent to Iraq and Afghanistan
• 4 Sets of Light Traps to Iraq
• 2006
• 64 Kits sent to Iraq, Afghanistan and Kuwait
• 14 Equipment Sets to Iraq

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Summary of Results 2003 - 2005
Summary of Results 2006
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Leishmaniasis Risk Estimate 2003-2005
IRAQ
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Sand Fly Surveillance 2006 Locations
IRAQ
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Daily Sand Fly Collections per Trap per Night
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Average Number of Sand Fliesper Trap per Night
2003 - 2004
2006
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IRAQ Malaria Distribution
Mosul
Kirkuk
Tikrit
Baghdad
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Iraq Mosquito Surveillance 2006
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Daily Mosquito Collections per Trap per Night
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Daily Culex spp. and Aedes spp. Collections by
Trap by Night
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Mosquito Test Results 2006
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Malaria
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Mosquito and Sand Fly DOEHS Vector Surveillance
2007
USACHPPM SubComands PCR testing
capability Europe takes over CENTCOM
specimens USACHPPM Support Surveillance
Kits Equipment Sets GIS Threat Mapping
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Questions?
Richard D. Wells ENTOMOLOGICAL SCIENCES
PROGRAM US ARMY CENTER FOR HEALTH PROMOTION AND
PREVENTIVE MEDICINE