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​Our mission is to provide leadership, information and education leading to the enhancement of health and quality of life through the suppression of mosquito and other vector transmitted diseases and the reduction of annoyance levels caused by mosquitoes and other vectors and pests of public health importance

2022 OMVCA Annual Meeting

A huge thanks to our presenters, vendors and members for making our return to an in-person format a success!

Please go to our "Meetings" page to access the presentations and recording.

2022 recognition

Joe Lynch was given the Outstanding Achievement Award for his dedicated service as OMVCA's treasurer for multiple years.  The Board of Directors also named Joe a Life Member for OMVCA.  Thank you Joe for all that you have done for our organization! 
Past-President Scott Whittaker presented our President Ryan Younge with the past-president award.  Ryan will now assume the role of past-president.  Thank you both Scott and Ryan for your dedicated service!

Stormwater catch basin treatment survey

Help out with research being conducted at OSU! See below for a request from Dr. Sarah Short.

Greetings! 
I  and my collaborators, Dr. Risa Pesapane, Dr. Ryan Winston, and Dr. Noha Meghawry at The Ohio State University are researching* control of mosquitoes in storm water catch basins. We need help from mosquito control experts to refine our study design. We are requesting your participation in an informal survey regarding control of larvae in storm water catch basins in your municipality/district. The short survey will not take long to complete. 

Study lead contact: Sarah Short (short.343@osu.edu)
Study secondary contact: Noha Meghawry (meghawry.1@osu.edu)

*Description of research project: We propose to: (1) determine species identity of mosquito larvae developing in a subset of catch basins in multiple municipalities in Ohio, (2) screen mosquito larvae for natural microsporidian and gregarine parasites, and (3) test how treatment with the microsporidian parasite Vavraia culicis impacts larval survival alone or in combination with current control methods.

2022 Spring training

MAY 4TH, 2022 1:00pm-3:30pm

Join the Ohio Mosquito and Vector Control Association for a free virtual training session.  2.0 hours of REHS/EHST CEUs and 2.0 hours of Ohio Dept. of Agriculture Commercial Pesticide Applicators License recertification credits will be available (category 10d).

Missed the event?  Access the recording below (you may want to skip to 10 minutes into recording).  Slides from Leeanne Garrett of ODH with instructions for participating in state mosquito surveillance program can also be accessed below.

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