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Mision Statement
BMCD seeks to protect the public health, safety and welfare by using science-based, environmentally sensitive, integrated mosquito control techniques employing public education, surveillance, source reduction, biological control and the judicious use of pesticides to enhance the quality of life for District residents.
Vision
“Protecting public health and comfort through responsible and effective mosquito control.”
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Links to Information sheets on
Florida arthropod borne diseases:


Harvard School of Public Health . This site includes information on mosquitoes and mosquito-borne diseases.

Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) is a serious illness caused by a virus carried by mosquitoes that acquire the virus by feeding on the blood of infected wild birds. In most years, the virus is limited to these birds and bird-biting mosquitoes, but occasionally the virus can be passed on to other mosquito species known to bite humans and horses. This Encephalitis Information System (EIS) has a lot of valuable information on Florida mosquito borne diseases.

CDC Eastern Equine Encephalitis Fact Sheet.

CDC St. Louis Encephalitis Fact Sheet and Q&A.

CDC West Nile Virus Home Page West Nile Virus was first detected in the United States in New York in1999 and since then its range has extended to California. In 2002 there were 4156 human cases reported with 284 fatalities. This was "the largest arboviral meningo-encephalitis epidemic documented in the western hemisphere and the largest reported WNME epidemic." Source: ERAP.

In 2005 through mid-August 187 cases have been reported in 22 states with 3 deaths. Source: CDC MMWR. WNV was first identified in a woman from the West Nile District of Uganda in 1937. In addition to the United States, it also is found in areas of Africa, Eastern Europe, West Asia, and the Middle East.

CDC Dengue Fever Home Page

CDC Yellow Fever Home Page

Dengue/Haemorrhagic Fever on WHO

CDC Malaria Home Page

Malaria on the WHO site