Public Health

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Penn State Pesticide Education

What you need to know about....... (Series)

 Mosquitoes

• Mosquito Fact Sheet - PSU Entomology Department fact sheet
• West Nile Virus: What You Need to Know - PSU Pesticide Education Program
  

Control

• Remove Standing Water to Keep Mosquitoes, West Nile Virus at Bay - PSU News Release
• Mosquito Biology and Control - PSU publication
• Mosquitos: How to Control Them - EPA fact sheet
• Larvicides for Mosquito Control - EPA fact sheet
• Malathion for Mosquito Control - EPA fact sheet
• Synthetic Pyrethroids for Mosquito Control - EPA fact sheet
• Mosquito Trap Information (PDF) - PSU Pesticide Education Program
• Insect Repellents Containing DEET - EPA fact sheet
• Using Insect and Tick Repellants Safely (PDF) - PSU publication
• Federal Trade Commission - FTC Alleges Electronic Mosquito Repellent Claims Are False; Sellers Also Lack Evidence For Ultrasonic Pest-Control and Air Cleaning Product Claims
• American Mosquito Control Association - 

EPA Office of Pesticide Programs
• EPA Office of Pesticide Programs

West Nile Virus / Encephalitis

• Pesticide Education Program West Nile Virus - State updates, press releases, and web site links
• Pennsylvania State's West Nile Encephalitis Surveillance Program - With 2004 county status, fact sheets, what to do if you've found a dead bird, and more
• Pa. West Nile Virus Map - Surveillance Data and Maps of PA.
  
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - West Nile Virus Home Page - Background information, Q & A, virology, insects, transmission cycle, effects on birds & mammals, publications.
• West Nile Virus Brochure (PDF) - PSU publication
• West Nile Encephalitis in Horses (PDF) - PSU publication
• West Nile Encephalitis and Poultry (PDF) - PSU publication

Yellowjackets & Hornets

• European Hornet - PSU Entomology Department fact sheet
• IPM for Yellowjackets and Hornets in Schools - Can be applied to any building, from IPM for PA Schools Manual

Bees

• Bee Stings: The Need for Speed - Penn State Pointers

Others

• Deer-keds - PSU Entomology Department fact sheet
• Dominulus or European Paper Wasp - PSU Entomology Department fact sheet
• Commonly Encountered Pennsylvania Spiders [En Español] - PSU Entomology Department fact sheet
• Bird Mites - Fact sheet from PSU Entomology

• Penn State Lyme Disease Web Site - Introduction & Disease Transmission; Symptoms, Diagnosis & Treatment; Epidemiology; Lyme Disease & Dogs; Life Cycle of Black-legged Tick; Disease Prevention

• CDC Lyme Disease Site - Detailed information on tick borne diseases including lyme disease, erlichiosis, babesiosis, & rocky mtn spotted fever.

• Rhode Island Dept of Health - Information on ticks and the diseases they carry, from the Univ. of Rhode Island.

Prevention & Control

• Lyme Disease Prevention & Control - From Centers for Disease Control
• Lyme Disease Tips and Precautions - From Penn State Pointers

Images & ID

• Common Ticks of Pennsylvania - Identification fact sheet, from PSU Entomology

• American Cockroaches - PSU entomology fact sheet
• Brown-banded Cockroaches - PSU entomology fact sheet
• German Cockroaches - PSU entomology fact sheet
• Oriental Cockroaches - PSU entomology fact sheet
• Pennsylvania Wood Cockroaches - PSU entomology fact sheet

Control

• Found a Cockroach? Don't Panic - IPM methods for control of roaches, from NYS IPM
• Questions & Answers about Cockroaches (PDF) - Great tips from Michigan Dept. of Ag
• Good Riddance to Roaches (PDF) - A guide to home cockroach management, from Beyond Pesticides

• IPM for Cockroaches in Schools - From IPM for PA Schools Manual, info can be used for any building

• Human Lice - Fact sheet from PSU Entomology Department.

• HeadLice.Org - Excellent site for head lice facts, least toxic treatments, and adverse treatment reactions, combs & screening tools, from the National Pediculosis Association (non-profit). See some of their fact sheets below.

• Frequently Asked Questions (PDF) - Great resource for all questions about head lice and control!

• No Nit Policy (PDF) - Supports the no nit policy and describes why it's a necessity for public health reasons

• Centers for Disease Control Fact Sheet

• Medline Plus Head Lice - Links to other informational head lice pages

Treatment

• 10 Tips for head lice & nit removal (PDF) - 1page document with details on how to comb out lice and nits.

• Why to use a non-chemical removal method (PDF) - 1page handout with reasons why not to chose chemical lice treatments and use a lice comb instead

• Head Lice Least Toxic Controls - How to eliminate head lice without using traditional chemical products on your child, from Beyond Pesticides.

• Head lice detection & removal - Simple technique of using conditioner and a nit comb to safely & easily remove head lice, from James Cook Univ. in Australia.

• Removing Head Lice Safely - Video from Univ. of Nebraska available in English, Spanish, and Arabic. Watch the video free online or $13 for a hard copy of the video.

• Centers for Disease Control - Treating Head Lice

Management

• IPM for Head Lice in Schools - Taken from IPM in PA Schools: A How-to Manual, by PA IPM Program

• How to Control Head Lice - Slide show by Univ. of Connecticut IPM

Images

• Images & Biology of Lice - From Headlice.org

• When is a Nit not a Nit? Visual Guide - From Headlice.org