VECTOR AND PEST MANAGEMENT LINKS

Department of Defense Websites

• Armed Forces Pest Management Board
• Armed Forces Medical Intelligence Center
• Defense Supply Center Philadelphia (DSCP) West Coast Support Office Pest Management
• Defense Environmental Network and Information Exchange (DENIX)
• Navy
• Navy Environmental Health Center Entomology
• Navy Environmental and Preventive Medicine Unit No. 2, Norfolk, VA Entomology Department
• Navy Environmental and Preventive Medicine Unit No. 6, Pearl Harbor Hawaii Entomology Department
• Navy Environmental and Preventive Medicine Unit No. 7, Sigonella, Italy Entomology Department
• Naval Facilities Engineering Command Southwest
• Army
• US Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine Entomological Sciences Program
• US Army Veterinary Command
• Air Force
• Air Force Civil Engineer Support Agency Pest Management Program
• US Air Force Medical Entomology
• Bird Aircraft Strike Hazard (BASH)
• Unified Commands
• US Pacific Command
• US Central Command
• US Southern Command
• US Northern Command

US Federal Websites

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Health Topics (vector-borne and zoonotic disease information)
• Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
• Emerging Infectious Disease Journal
• US Department of Agriculture
• Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
• Center for Medical, Agricultural, and Veterinary Entomology
• US Environmental Protection Agency Office of Pesticide Programs
• National Park Service Integrated Pest Management Manual
• Invasive Species - Federal government's official website on efforts concerning invasive species

State Websites

• California Department of Health Services (Vector-borne disease documents)
• California Department of Food and Agriculture
• California Department of Pesticide Regulation
• University of California Statewide Integrated Pest Management Project
• Mosquito and Vector Control Association of California
• Arizona Department of Health Services Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases Section

County and Regional Websites

• San Diego County Vector Surveillance and Control
• San Diego County Agriculture / Weights and Measures
• Pesticide Regulation Fact Sheet
• Ventura County Vector Control Program

REFERENCE PUBLICATIONS LIST

The following publications are maintained in the NEPMU-5 library and are useful resources for entomology and vector-borne disease.

• Physician's Guide to Arthropods of Medical Importance.   Goddard, J.; CRC Press, 2000.  Resource for clinicians on the recognition and treatment of arthropod-associated injury and illness.
• Mosquitoes of California. Bohart, R. M. and R. K. Washino; University of California, 1978.  Identification keys to and the bionomics of the mosquitoes of California.
• Insects of the Los Angeles Basin. Hogue, C. L.; Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, 1993.
• California Insects. Powell, J. A. and C. L. Hogue; University of California Press, 1979.
• The Ticks of California. Furman, D. P. and E. C. Loomis; University of California Press, 1984.
• The Insects and Arachnids of Canada Part 1: Collecting, Preparing and Preserving Insects, Mites and Spiders. Agriculture Canada, 1977.
• California Mammals. Jameson, E. W. and H. J. Peeters; University of California Press, 1988.
• Identification and Geographical Distribution of the Mosquitoes of North America, North of Mexico. Darsie, R. F. and R. A. Ward; American Mosquito Control Association, 1981.
• Dengue and Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever. Gubler, D. J. and G. Kuno, ed.; CAB International, 1997.
• American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. Arnett, Jr., R. H.; CRC Press, 2000.
• Urban IPM Handbook: An Integrated Approach to Management of Pests In and Around Structures. National Pest Control Association, 1998.