What agencies conduct the surveillance and provide mosquito control services?
The WNV surveillance plan is coordinated among a number of state and local agencies. They include the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), Office of Mosquito Control and Coordination; NJ Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS); Department of Agriculture, Division of Animal Health; Rutgers University, 21 county mosquito control agencies, local health departments, physicians and hospitals, in addition to the national Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and other states in the region. The primary responsibility for mosquito control rests with the 21 county mosquito control agencies. Each agency conducts numerous activities that include: education, surveillance, source reduction and biological and chemical control of larval and adult mosquitoes.
