Mosquito Monitoring in Maine 2021: Key Findings and Funding Overview
The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention conducted mosquito monitoring in 2021 across various counties and towns, testing for West Nile Virus and Eastern Equine Encephalitis. Results showed no positive cases in mosquito pools but identified individuals with arboviral illnesses. Funding challenges from the CDC were highlighted, with support from the Board of Pesticide Control ensuring consistent trapping sites. Contact Sara Robinson for more information.
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Mosquito Monitoring, Maine 2021 Sara Robinson, MPH June 17, 2022
2021 Mosquito Monitoring Trapping in 10 counties Androscoggin, Cumberland, Kennebec, Hancock, Lincoln, Oxford, Penobscot, Sagadahoc, Waldo, York Trapping in 33 towns Alfred, Argyle Township, Arrowsic, Auburn, Augusta, Bangor, Bar Harbor, Belgrade, Biddeford, Dresden, Edgecomb, Eliot, Farmingdale, Gray, Greenbush, Kennebunk, Kittery, Lebanon, Lewiston, Livermore, Lyman, Mt. Desert, Norway, Palermo, Portland, Sidney, South Berwick, Standish, Turner, Unity Township, Waterford, Wells, Wiscasset, York Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention
2021 Mosquito Monitoring 1025 pools tested at HETL 0 pools positive for West Nile Virus 0 pools positive for Eastern Equine Encephalitis Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention
2021 Human results 27 humans tested for arboviral illnesses at HETL 0 positives 1 individual tested positive for West Nile on a blood donation and is considered a presumptive viremic donor 1 individual tested positive for Jamestown Canyon virus Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention
Mosquito Monitoring Funding Funding from federal CDC is sporadic at best Notification of award comes in the end of July/beginning of August (after the trapping season starts) Funds from the Board of Pesticide Control allow us to have consistency in our trapping sites from year to year Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention
Questions? Sara Robinson, MPH Infectious Disease Epidemiology Program Director Sara.Robinson@maine.gov 207-287-4610 Maine Department of Health and Human Services Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention
