Pest Management Professional, March 2014

STRYKER Insecticide Concentrate This multi purpose quick kill insecticide is for use in and around residential buildings and structures and on ornamentals bushes flowers fruit and nut trees shade trees vegetables roses directly on animals and other livestock Features include r 8JEF BSFB BEVMU NPTRVJUP DPOUSPM r JMMT DPDLSPBDIFT CFE CVHT CJUJOH áJFT áFBT BOUT silverfish stink bugs spiders and many other insects in BEEJUJPO UP NPTRVJUPFT r PSNVMBUJPO NVMUJ QVSQPTF DPODFOUSBUF BDUJWF JOHSFEJFOUT QZSFUISJOT QJQFSPOZM CVUPYJEF BOE r BO CF BQQMJFE UISPVHI NFDIBOJDBM BFSPTPM PS 6 7 generators including thermal fogging equipment ADVERTORIAL West Nile virus WNV timeline 1937 West Nile virus WNV originates in Africa 1999 WNV first appears in North America in New York with 62 confirmed cases seven humans and nine horses die 2001 Sixty six human cases 10 deaths are reported in 10 states WNV occurs in birds or horses in 27 states and Washington D C Canada and the Caribbean 2002 Forty four states and five Canadian provinces report cases of WNV The only states not reporting WNV in 2002 are Alaska Arizona Hawaii Nevada Oregon and Utah In all more than 3800 human cases with 232 fatalities in 39 states and Washington D C are recorded More than 24350 horse cases of WNV were confirmed or reported 2003 The final Centers for Disease CDC report on WNV lists more than 9858 cases 6829 are West Nile fever the milder form 2863 are neuroinvasive the more severe form and 166 are clinically unspecified 2004 In the United States more than 43 species of mosquitoes tested positive for WNV transmission As of 2014 Centers for Disease Control CDC received reports of 36437 cases of WNV Of these 15774 resulted in meningitis encephalitis and 1538 were fatal CDC estimates there have been at least 15 million infections 82 asymptomatic and 350000 cases of West Nile fever the disease is grossly underreported because its similarity to other viral infections Source The American Mosquito Control Associations AMCAs website www mosquito org Mosquito Borne Diseases Viruses Mosquitoes cause more human suffering than any other organism Worldwide more than 1 million people mostly children die from mosquito borne diseases every year Not only can mosquitoes carry diseases such as West Nile virus WNV and Eastern equine encephalitis EEE that afflict humans they also transmit these diseases to horses in addition to parasites such as dog heartworm In addition mosquito bites can cause severe skin irritation through an allergic reaction to the mosquitos saliva the cause of related red bumps and itching Mosquito vectored diseases include protozoan diseases such as malaria filarial diseases such as dog heartworm and viruses such as dengue encephalitis and yellow fever Following are just nine of the top mosquito borne diseases and viruses Malaria Dog heartworm Dengue Yellow fever Eastern equine encephalitis EEE St Louis encephalitis SLE La Crosse encephalitis LAC Western equine encephalitis WEE West Nile virus WNV Source The American Mosquito Control Associations AMCAs website www mosquito org www mypmp net Pest Management Professional March 2014 MM9