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An Examination of Environmental Conditions Rela...

Gregory Ross
September 30, 2011

An Examination of Environmental Conditions Related to Localized Arboviral Transmission in Florida (Three Case Studies)

Presented at the Florida Mosquito Control Association Regional Short Course: Public Health Pest Control Training: Mosquito-borne Disease, GIS, and reports on selected mosquito species in Florida

Gregory Ross

September 30, 2011
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  1. An Examination of Environmental Conditions Related to Localized Arboviral Transmission

    in Florida (Three Case Studies) Gregory Ross, Jonathan Day, Roxanne Connelly Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory – UF/IFAS
  2. Sentinel Chicken Flocks ~ 319 Sentinel Chicken Sites in Florida

    (2007) Currently present in 40 of 67 Counties in Florida Arboviral Transmission Surveillance Tool
  3. CDC / USGS Map Florida Sentinel Chicken Seroconversion Activity 2003

    Florida DOH Sentinel Chicken Seroconversion Activity 08/22/2003 Sentinel Chicken Seroconversions Visualization
  4. Spatial / Temporal Alignment Drought and Wetting Spring drought in

    peninsular Florida is the main driving factor that forces birds and mosquitoes together into focal amplification communities. Summer wetting is the main driving factor that allows for transmission outside of focal amplification areas. Naïve Bird Populations Mosquito Breeding Habitats Driving Environmental Factor
  5. ≠ What do we really know? The rainfall pattern is

    as equally or even more important than the amount of rainfall!!
  6. Arboviral Transmission Prediction Tools Three real-time environmental tools NEXt Generation

    RADar Rainfall Totals – NEXRAD Keetch-Byram Drought Index - KBDI Modeled Water Table Depth – MWTD
  7. NWS Precipitation Analysis - NEXRAD Data is a byproduct of

    NWS operations at 12 River Forecast Centers and derives from a multisensor approach. Inputs include WSR-88D NEXRAD radar and ground rainfall gauge reports. Spatial resolution of 4 km2 and a temporal resolution of 60 minutes. Data is produced hourly by National Weather service across all of the continental United States. Data is available as a free download in either daily or hourly packages in different formats.
  8. Rain Gauges are better than Doppler for accurate recording of

    actual amounts of rainfall in specific locations…choose their locations with a purpose. Doppler rainfall totals are extremely precise and may be better for picking up trace amounts than Rain Gauges. Rain Gauges may over-estimate regional rainfall amounts. Doppler is better suited for broad, regional rainfall estimations. NWS Precipitation Analysis - NEXRAD
  9. Keetch-Byram Drought Index - KBDI Continuous reference scale for estimating

    the dryness of the soil and duff layers. The scale ranges from 0 (no moisture deficit) to 800 (extreme moisture deficit). Inputs include temperature and rainfall. KBDI originally developed by John Keetch and George Byram for the USDA. 8,870 KBDI data points across Florida Data is produced daily by Florida Division of Forestry across all of the state and much of the southeast. Spatial resolution of 4 km2 and a temporal resolution of 24 hours.
  10. Integrated measure of near surface soil wetness. Inputs include precipitation,

    temperature, soil and vegetation types, and evapotranspiration distributed by NOAA through its Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment Project. Spatial resolution of 0.125° (~11 km2) and a temporal resolution of 24 hours. Model developed by Jeffery Shaman (Oregon State University) and Jonathan Day (University of Florida). Modeled Water Table Depth – MWTD 589 MWTD data points across peninsular Florida MWTD only available for southern peninsular Florida due to the required topography restraints of the model. Funding needed to develop a northern Florida model.
  11. Initial Dry Down Initial Wetting Secondary Dry Down Secondary Wetting

    (May – June) (June - July) (July - August) (August - September) Low areas (ditched, furrows, sinkholes) Culex nigripalpus ovisposition sites Water Table 1.6 meters below surface Water Table 1.0 meters below surface Water Table 1.3 meters below surface Water Table 0.8 meters below surface Modeled Water Table Depth – MWTD
  12. Data Spatial Resolution Temporal Resolution Real Time Temporal Sensitivity Variance

    Doppler Rainfall 4 km2 1 hour ~2 hour delay KBDI 4 km2 24 hours 24 hour delay MWTD 11 km2 Peninsular Florida only 24 hours 48 hour delay High Low High Low
  13. Maintenance Amplification Early Transmission Late Transmission JAN FEB MAR APR

    MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC IDD SWET SLE/WNV Arboviral Transmission Timeline IWET SDD Spatiotemporal Driving Forces Environmental Amplification Non-Epidemic Transmission Avian Reproduction Mosquito Egg Production Sentinel Transmission Human Transmission
  14. Three Case Studies Dengue - Old Town, Key West, Florida

    - 2010 EEE – Volusia County, Florida – 2008/2009 West Nile Virus – Pinellas County, Florida - 2005
  15. 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90

    100 Jan Jan Jan Jan Feb Feb Mar Mar Mar Apr Apr Apr May May May May June June June July July July Aug Aug Aug Sept Sept Sept Oct Oct Oct Nov Nov Nov Dec Dec Dec Temperature (F°) Daily Max Temp vs. Daily Max Average January through December, 2009 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 Jan Jan Jan Jan Feb Feb Mar Mar Mar Apr Apr Apr May May May May June June June July July July Aug Aug Aug Sept Sept Sept Oct Oct Oct Nov Nov Nov Dec Dec Dec Temperature (F°) Daily Max Temp vs. Daily Max Average January through December, 2010 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110 Jan Jan Jan Jan Feb Feb Mar Mar Mar Apr Apr Apr May May May May June June June July July July Aug Aug Aug Sept Sept Sept Oct Oct Oct Nov Nov Nov Dec Dec Dec Temperature (F°) Daily Max Temp vs. Daily Max Average January through December, 2011
  16. -4.00 -3.00 -2.00 -1.00 0.00 1.00 2.00 3.00 4.00 5.00

    Jan Feb Mar Apr May June July Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec Inches Monthly Rainfall Deviation January through December, 2009 -4.00 -3.00 -2.00 -1.00 0.00 1.00 2.00 3.00 4.00 Jan Feb Mar Apr May June July Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec Inches Monthly Rainfall Deviation January through December, 2010 -5.00 -4.00 -3.00 -2.00 -1.00 0.00 1.00 2.00 3.00 4.00 5.00 Jan Feb Mar Apr May June July Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec Inches Monthly Rainfall Deviation January through December, 2011
  17. 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 Inches South Florida

    - Keys Daily Rainfall - Jan. thru Dec. 2009 0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5 5.5 6 Inches South Florida - Keys Daily Rainfall - Jan. thru Dec. 2010 0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5 5.5 6 Inches South Florida - Keys Daily Rainfall - Jan. thru Dec. 2011
  18. 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Inches Daily

    Epic Rainfall January through December, 2009 0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5 5.5 6 Inches Daily Epic Rainfall January through December, 2010 0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5 5.5 6 Inches Daily Epic Rainfall January through December, 2011
  19. EEE+ equines through week 23 (n = 38) Average EEE+

    equines and Projected EEE+ equines Through June 2008 1. Where are we now?
  20. 4 Rainfall Events Currently in work on identifying KBDI patterns

    related to EEE transmission in north Florida. EEE – Volusia County, Florida – 2008
  21. EEE Transmission in NE Florida Four wetting events Jan –

    Mar 2008 January 15th = 1 EEE+ Horse March 4th = 2 EEE+ Horses March 18th = 7 EEE+ Horses Date Associated Infections January 23rd = 6 EEE+ Horses EEE – Volusia County, Florida – 2008
  22. We need both real-time environmental data and long-term case data

    to understand arboviral transmission patterns in Florida.