Identification of Mosquitos Potentially Carrying Zika Virus in Marion County West Virginia

Authors

  • Emily Rachelle Bolinger Fairmont State University
  • Jamie Moore Marion County Health Department
  • Phillip Yeager Fairmont State University
  • Mark Flood Fairmont State University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.55632/pwvas.v89i1.222

Abstract

EMILY BOLINGER, Department of Biology, Fairmont State University, Fairmont, WV 26554, JAMIE MOORE, Marion County Health Department, Fairmont, WV 26554, PHILLIP YEAGER, Department of Biology, Fairmont State University, Fairmont, WV 26554, and MARK FLOOD, Department of Biology, Fairmont State University, Fairmont, WV 26554. Identification of Mosquitos Potentially Carrying Zika Virus in Marion County West Virginia.

 

This study was targeted at identifying different types of mosquitos found in Marion County, West Virginia and testing Ae. albopictus for Zika virus. This study used a wide variety of sampling locations within Marion County, using traps such as: larvae catch, gravid traps, and CDC traps. There were several different types of mosquitos found in Marion County, however Zika virus testing on Ae. albopictus came up negative on every group tested. Groups that were gathered by a trap, at a given sampling location, that had less than ten Ae. Albopictus were not tested for Zika virus; these groups were thrown out of testing. Zika virus was not found in Marion County, West Virginia. Funding for this study was provided by the Marion County Health Department.

Author Biographies

Emily Rachelle Bolinger, Fairmont State University

Senior Biology Student

Phillip Yeager, Fairmont State University

Professor, Biology Department

Mark Flood, Fairmont State University

Professor, Biology Department

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Published

2017-04-04

How to Cite

Bolinger, E. R., Moore, J., Yeager, P., & Flood, M. (2017). Identification of Mosquitos Potentially Carrying Zika Virus in Marion County West Virginia. Proceedings of the West Virginia Academy of Science, 89(1). https://doi.org/10.55632/pwvas.v89i1.222

Issue

Vol. 89 No. 1 (2017): 92nd Annual Meeting Abstracts

Section

Meeting Abstracts-Oral

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