IUS Biology West Nile Virus Mosquito Project

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WEST NILE VIRUS MOSQUITO SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM
CLARK, FLOYD AND HARRISON COUNTIES, INDIANA 2003

A CAPSTONE STUDY AND SERVICE PROJECT WITH THE CLARK COUNTY, FLOYD COUNTY AND HARRISON COUNTY, INDIANA HEALTH DEPARTMENTS


INDIANA UNIVERSITY SE

Biology Department
4201 Grantline Rd
New Albany, IN 47150

AUTHORS AND CONTRIBUTORS

Douglas Bentfield, Clark County Health Department
Dan Ellnor, Floyd County Health Department
Danny Schroeder, Harrison County Health Department

Ms. Elizabeth Crowell, Webmaster; Ms. August R. Nelson, Editor; and Dr. C.D. Baker, Advisor.

November 2003; Revised January 2004.


ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

We acknowledge the assistance of Douglas Bentfield, Dan Ellnor, and Danny Schroeder of the Clark, Floyd and Harrison County Health Departments. We also thank the following Indiana University faculty and staff who willingly provided secure sites for mosquito collection or allowed us to contact friends and relatives: Chancellor Sandra Patterson-Randles, Dean Ben Nassim, Dr. Claude Baker, Dr. John Moody, Dr. Glenn Mason, Dr. Joe Hollingsworth, Ms. Barbara Cocke, Ms. Diana Holman, Mr. David Kaiser and Mr. Earl Copple. Finally, we thank the 100 or more students who have participated in this important work.


Student Participants: August Nelson (Paid Intern). Supervised trapping, sorted and identified mosquitoes, Editor of Report.

Unpaid Interns: Megan Gettelfinger and DeLynn Rutherford.

2003 Ecology: Ronald Craig, Michael Dennis, Matthew (Mac) Dooley, Angela Durbin, Christina Howard, Robert Kelley, Andrew Koerber, Catherine Lee, Mollie McDonough, Justin McKim, Brooke Meffert, Justin Metz, Thomas Miller, Candace Moore, Jennifer Norris, Anthony Smith and Shelley Spaulding.

2003 Individual Study:  Kimberly Calais, Joshua Conrad, Frank Davidson, Elizabeth Haire, Craig Lalor, Mollie McDonough, Steve Moberly, Tommy Raichel, Tony Schnell, Jay Timberlake and Jamie Trowell.

2003 Environment and People:  Tony Schnell, Julie Graham, Josh Conrad, Ayumi Moberly, Jason Tackett, Jamie Trowell, Teresa Hurt, Kimberly Calais, Shawn Smith, Nathan Eberle, Shannon Graf, Jane Kaiser, Eliza Chase, Jennifer Hamilton, Lydia Ward, Jessica Kempf, Susan Salings, Amber Nelsen, Angela Engle, Brittany Bridgewater, Adrienne Young, Kimberly Leslie, Megan Alvey, Alisha Duncan, Stephanie Kilburn, J. Dustin Whalin, Dana Gerth, Lisa Huber, Renee Fultz, Beverly Lanham and Tiffany Campbell.

2003 Marine Biology:  Angela Swan

Eastern High School, Pekin, IN:  Dawn Dietrich

Boy Scout Service:  Patrick Click