News Briefs
December 9, 2016
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Jobs

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MVCAC Sustaining Member Corner
Note: MVCAC does not endorse the products below, but we do support our Sustaining Members
Central Life Sciences has announced the release of Aqua Zenivex™ E20, a reduced-risk adulticide for mosquito control professionals.  

85th Annual Conference - 
Call for Papers, Presentations and Posters
The Mosquito and Vector Control Association of California (MVCAC) will hold its 85th Annual Conference on March 26-29, 2017 at the Hyatt Regency Mission Bay in San Diego. You are invited to submit a paper or poster for presentation at the conference.

This presentation should be related to mosquitoes or other vectors, the disease organisms they transmit, or their surveillance and control. Presentations may be about research results, the development and testing of new methods, equipment or products, education, community outreach and the adaptation or development of new technology relating to vector research, surveillance or control, or the administration of a vector control agency.

Deadline for submission of the completed "Request to Present a Paper" form is  Monday December 19, 2016Requests received after the deadline may not be accepted.

2017 Annual Meeting
March 26-29
Hyatt Regency Mission Bay (San Diego)

Hotel Rooms:
Click here to book your hotel room(s) -  $139 plus taxes and an optional resort fee
Please note: The MVCAC policy for booking rooms will be in effect for this meeting (a first night's deposit required at time of reservation being made).

DRAFT ScheduleClick here to download

For more information, visit our website.
2017 Sentinel Chicken Orders 
Chickens are being supplied by Haley Farms in Modesto for Northern California and by Demler Egg Ranch for Southern California.  


The form due dates and chicken pick-up dates are as follows:
Southern Region: (Demler)
Pick-up date:  March 28, 2017 (8 a.m.) in San Jacinto
Order form due date: March 15, 2017

Northern Region: (Haley's)
Pick-up date:  April 20, 2017 (7 a.m. - 9 a.m.) in Modesto
Order form due date: April 5, 2017

For more information, please visit our website.
NPDES Coalition Members
The MVCAC Executive Committee has approved the renewal of the NPDES Coalition Agreement for the monitoring and reporting permit for the period 2016-2021. The agreement and rules were emailed to the Districts, please  contact MVCAC Staff if you need another copy.

We need each member of the Coalition to sign and return the permit application either by mail or email.
MVCAC News Briefs - Zika Updates
Please note: The items contained below are not the views or opinions of MVCAC but they are what is being reported in the media.  The goal of MVCAC providing this information is to keep MVCAC members informed of all news articles that are being presented regarding Zika.
CDC Zika Virus Web Page

CDC Zika Virus Microsite

CDPH Zika Virus Web Page

12/7/16: 4 More Infants in NYC Reported to Have Zika Virus-Related Birth Defects - ABC News

12/7/16: New York City Has 5 Babies Born With Zika-Related Brain Issue - The New York Times

12/6/16: Life After Zika - New York Magazine

12/6/16: Zika Virus Teams Up With Other Viruses to Make People Sick - Caribbean 360

12/5/16: Zika vaccine progress is fast, but will there be a market for it? - Boston Globe

12/4/16: BBC Death in Paradise actor reveals he picked up Zika virus filming - The Telegraph

12/1/16: How Zika infects the growing brain - Harvard Gazette
MVCAC News Briefs - Other Outbreaks
Please note: The items contained below are not the views or opinions of MVCAC but they are what is being reported in the media.  The goal of MVCAC providing this information is to keep MVCAC members informed of all news articles that are being presented regarding other outbreaks.
12/6/16: California's Booming Mosquito Population Puts Public At Increasing Risk - CBS SF Bay Area

12/6/16: Philanthropy vs. Mosquitoes: The Funders Giving Big Money to Fight a Tiny Insect - Inside Philanthropy

12/6/16: Growing mosquito populations linked to urbanization, DDT's slow decay - Science Daily

12/5/16: Experimental insecticide explodes mosquitoes, not honeybees - phys.org

12/4/16: Students lead with research on mosquitoes - MET Media