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West Nile Rutgers University and NJ Mosquito Control Program
Mosquitoes Penn State Extension Fact Sheet Mid-Atlantic Mosquito Control Association American Mosquito Control Association
Other Vector Borne Diseases, etc. Lyme Disease and other tick-borne illnesses at Columbia University (Columbia has the top Lyme research and treatment team in the area) Heartworm (becoming very common north of the Mason-Dixon Line these past 10 years) Rabies (very common and extremely dangerous) Malaria (currently eradicated in continental US, occasional imported outbreaks) Dengue (was eradicated in continental US, but Florida has had recent outbreaks) Yellow Fever (currently eradicated in continental US, but common to the south) Chikungunya (occasional imported cases) US Armed Forces Pest Management (vector management strategies, arthropod ID’s, search peer-reviewed scholarly papers) Bedbugs (they don’t transmit disease, but they are annoying) You can also contact an Extension Educator StopPests.Org– a great integrated pest management blog that covers many topics and focuses particularly on strategies for low-income housing.
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Government President of The United States and Cabinet PA Department of Environmental Protection US Centers for Disease Control
Other Stuff Build your own beneficial insect habitat for your garden BioQuip– entomology equipment John W Hock– entomology equipment, mostly for vector surveillance Berkshire Biological– beneficial organism supplier Dot Scientific- laboratory supplies BirdBGone– integrated pest bird management PhysOrg– science news aggregator PA Map– high quality map of Pennsylvania using aerial photography. Can be used to find hidden larval mosquito sites or new fishing spots. Freecycle– get rid of your stuff you don’t need, get stuff you do Demographics of Lebanon from 2000 Census Bug Me Not– avoid registering for every website you visit Consumerist– consumer info, stories, CEO email addresses Think Geek– Stuff for Smart Masses Metacritic– coalesces critiques of movies, books, albums, and tv shows from many sources. Shoelaces- There’s more to it than you would think Scopus.com- search peer-reviewed journals from more than 4,000 publishers. Science Commons.org-A collaboration website, sort of a Creative Commons for science. Acronym Finder.com-Find the meaning of more than 750,000 acronyms. EurekAlert.org-current press releases from thousands of research centers and institutions. Freepatentsonline.com-online patient search engine. Daniel Soper’s free online statistics calculator MathGV.com- mathematical function graphing program Plagiarism.com avoid or detect plagiarism Knight Science Journalism Tracker- daily round-up of the best science writing. ScienceBlogs.com- several dozen of the best science blogs. Seed- science magazine New Scientist- science magazine |