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Santa Cruz Island Reserve

29 Jul, 02 AM - 31 Jul, 05 AM

West Nile virus [WNV] is highly virulent for corvids, including Western scrubjays and most likely Island scrubjays. There has been a decline in Island scrubjay populations recently, but the cause is currently unknown. To determine the risk for WNV infection, we propose to survey San Cruz Island for mosquitoes and WNV during the summer of 2009. Mosquitoes will be collected by dry ice-baited traps, enumerated to species and then tested for WNV as well as western equine and St. Louis encephalitis viruses at UC Davis by RT-PCR. High infection rates would indicate a high risk to wildlife as well as park guests, whereas high abundance of vector mosquito species would indicate high receptivity for possible invasion.

Visit #18542 @Santa Cruz Island Reserve

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Under Project # 20208 | Research

Mosquito and West Nile virus surveillance

faculty - University of California, Davis

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William Reisen Jul 29 - 31, 2009 (3 days)

Group of 2 Faculty Jul 29 - 31, 2009 (3 days)

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Pickup Truck 3 Jul 29 - 31, 2009

Private Room 3 Jul 29 - 31, 2009

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