Data Request Email

From: Hahn, Micah B. (CDC/OID/NCEZID) [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of US Stegomyia Map (CDC)
Sent: Monday, February 08, 2016 4:39 PM
Subject: Opportunity to contribute Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus surveillance records to CDC as part of the ongoing Zika virus outbreak

Dear Vector Control Colleagues and Researchers,

Thank you for your contributions to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention survey of Aedes aegypti and Ae. albopictus county-level presence records from 2000-2016. Based on a similar survey conducted earlier this year, we published an updated map of the recorded distribution of these two species in the United States. You can access the article on the Journal of Medical Entomology website.

Recognizing that enhanced vector surveillance in response to the emergence of Zika virus and additional time to review historical records will likely yield additional records, we are conducting a follow up survey. Data obtained from the survey will be used to update species distribution maps for the contiguous United States. This follow-up survey aims to collect county level records for Ae. ageypti and Ae. albopictus from 1960 and present. Within the survey, you will be asked if you have submitted records previously. If the answer is yes, you do not need to duplicate efforts by submitting again. However, if you have new records, the survey instrument was designed to capture new records.

The resulting maps and models will:

• Inform the public and policy makers of the known distribution of these vectors

• Identify gaps in vector surveillance

• Target allocation of surveillance and prevention resources

Information gained from this survey will be used to:

• Inform the public and policy makers of the known distribution of these vectors
• Identify gaps in vector surveillance
• Target allocation of surveillance and prevention resources

To aid in this public health effort, we would be grateful for your voluntary participation in this survey. To participate, please click here to complete the survey.  If you have colleagues who might have additional records to share, please forward the link so they are invited to participate as well. If you prefer, you can enter your county records in the attached excel file and submit it to CDC at the email address below.

In the interest of timely development of the revised distribution maps, we ask that you complete your survey by December 10, 2016.

If you have any questions or have trouble accessing the form, please contact [email protected]. Thank you for your participation.

Sincerely,

John-Paul Mutebi, Ph.D.

Research Entomologist

Arboviral Diseases Branch

Division of Vector-Borne Diseases

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Fort Collins, CO

The survey can also be accessed by copying and pasting the following link into your browser: https://goo.gl/forms/o2W2dGwjx5ORS6J23