The Mosquitoes We Live With and the Diseases They Harbor (Part 1)

Presenter:

• Lyric C. Bartholomay, Ph.D., Director of Upper Midwestern Regional Center of Excellence for Vector-Borne Disease, Department of Pathobiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Wisconsin – Madison, Madison, WI

Description of Session:

There are many species of mosquito that live in the Upper Midwest, but very few of them are those that we encounter in our daily lives during the summer months when mosquitoes thrive.  I’ll share some fundamental hallmarks of mosquito identification that are useful for individuals and families, but also in a laboratory diagnostics context.  We will discuss the mosquitoes that are pests as compared to mosquitoes that transmit pathogens, and talk about what makes a mosquito a vector for pathogens like West Nile and LaCrosse viruses.

A certificate of participation will be granted to each participant based on 1.0 contact hours of instruction toward credit.

This program is co-sponsored by ASCLS-WI which is approved as a provider of continuing education programs in the clinical laboratory sciences by the ASCLS P.A.C.E. program.

As part of the new P.A.C.E. continuing education process, please go to the ASCLS CE Organizer web site to print your P.A.C.E. certificates. You will be asked for a code number to print the certificate. We will provide you this number during the webinar.

Please note that the deadline for receiving P.A.C.E. education credit for this webinar is April 26, 2018.

Materials:

• Evaluation Form
• The Mosquitoes We Live With and the Diseases They Harbor (Part 1) – Presentation
• The Mosquitoes We Live With and the Diseases They Harbor (Part 1) – Handouts
• WCLN Webinar: The Mosquitoes We Live With and the Diseases They Harbor (Part 1) – 2017