Resources for mosquitos and West Nile Virus information

West Nile Virus is transmitted by mosquitoes and spread by migrating birds. Disease in humans is rare, but its consequences can be severe. If you develop an illness with high fever, headache, stiff neck, confusion, or muscle weakness, see your doctor immediately.

• San Francisco Environmental Health Vector Control Program
  www.sfdph.org/eh/westnile.htm
  415-252-3806
  
  
• West Nile basics: fight the bite
  www.sfenvirontment.com/aboutus/innovative/ipm/fight_bite.htm
  
  
• West Nile Virus first detected in California:
  www.applications.dhs.ca.gov/pressreleases/store/PressReleases/03-62.html
  
  
• Article: On the Trail of West Nile Virus, a history of WNV from Smithsonian Magazine July 2003:
  On the Trail of the West Nile Virus - PDF
  
  
• Mosquito and vector control association of California: click on "outside sources" for list of mosquito and vector control districts;
  www.mvcac.org/
  
  
• California Department of Health Services:
  www.westnile.ca.gov
  
  
• To report dead birds and see identification guide to birds of interest for WNV detection:
  www.smcmad.org/Birds%20of%20interest.htm
  Or call (877) WNV-BIRD
  
  
• San Mateo County Mosquito Abatement District WNV information:
  www.smcmad.org/west_nile_virus.htm
  Offer free Gambusia mosquito fish for San Mateo and San Francisco residents (650) 344-8592
  
  
• Alameda County Mosquito Abatement District
  www.mosquitoes.org/
  Good source for Gambusia mosquito fish (510)783-7744
  
  
• CDC (Centers for Disease Control) web site:
  www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvbid/westnile/
  
  
• USGS (US Geological Survey) web site:
  http://www.nwhc.usgs.gov/disease_information/west_nile_virus/index.jsp
  
  
• Links to many mosquito information pages:
  www.mosquito.org/links.php
  
  
• University of California Integrated Pest Management Project - fact sheets
  www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/PMG/selectnewpest.home.html#structures
  
  
• Marin Co Vector control
  www.msmosquito.com