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Rhode Island Department of Health Rhode Island Department of Health

 

 

Mosquito

Program Activities
West Nile Virus
RI Department of Health 
Cannon Building
3 Capitol Hill
Providence, RI 02908
Dept. of Environmental Management
Division of Agriculture
Mosquito Abatement Coordination

Plant Sci. Dept.
9 E. Alumni Ave., 
Suite 7
Kingston, RI 02881
WNV DEM Mosquito Site

 

Office of Communicable Diseases

West Nile Virus

2008 Surveillance in Rhode Island by County

Purpose of WNV Surveillance Monitor WNV in mosquito, bird and human populations in Rhode Island. This is a cooperative effort of the Rhode Island Department of Health and the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management.

Weekly Mosquitos Test Results

Collection Week

# Mosquitoes Tested

Bristol

Kent

Newport

Providence

Washington

June 7 - June 13

568

None

None

None

None

None

June 14 - June 20

546

None

None

None

None

None

June 21 - June 27

196

None

None

None

None

None

June 28 - July 4

855

None

None

None

None

None

July 5 - July 11

582

None

None

None

None

None

July 12 - July 18

386

None

None

None

None

None

July 19 - July 25

1004

None

None

None

None

None

July 26 - August 1

665

None

None

None

None

None

August 2  - August 8

1324

None

None

None

None

None

August 9 - August 15

1195

None

None

None

None

None

August 16 - August 22

1064

None

None

None

Culex pipiens *, Culiseta morsitans

None

August 23 - August 29

1640

None

None

None

Cx pipiens (2)*

Coquilletidia perturbans

August 30 - September 5

891

None

None

None

Culex pipiens *, Aedes triseriatus

None

September 6 - September 12

746

None

None

None

Culex pipiens (3)*

None

September 13  - September 19

669

None

None

None

None

None

September 20  - September 26

619

None

None

None

None

None

September 27 - October 3

1216

None

None

None

None

None

Weekly Animal Test Results
No animals were tested during the 2008 season for West Nile Virus.