11th Mosquito Control Association of Australia Conference, Mandurah, Western Australia, 2014
The following program is correct as of Monday 28 July but please note that minor changes to this
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11th Mosquito Control Association of Australia Meeting: Program Summary
Sunday
7/09/2014
Monday
8/09/2014
Tuesday
9/09/2014
Wednesday
10/09/2014
Session 1: Mosquito
Management in Western
Australia.
Session 1: Managing
Mosquitoes: From
Control to
Communications
Session 1: Aedes aegypti
and Aedes albopictus (I)
(9:00-10:30)
(9:00-10:30)
Welcome & conference
opening
(8:45-9:00)
(9:00-10:30)
Morning Break
Session 2: Novel Vector
Control Strategies
(11:00-12:30)
Session 2: Novel
Vector Surveillance
Technologies
Session 2: Aedes aegypti
and Aedes albopictus (II)
(11:15-12:30)
(11:15-12:30)
Lunch Break
Session 3:
National Arbovirus
Surveillance Round Up
(13:30-15:00)
Registration
Session 3: Innovations
and Discoveries in
Mosquito
Microbiology
Session 3: Rapid Fire
Session
(5 min talks)
(13:30-15:00)
(13:45-15:30)
Afternoon Break
Session 4: Mosquito
Control, Environmental
Management & Urban
Development
Field Site Visit to
Mandurah Coastal
Wetlands
(15:00-17:00)
Conference Close
(16:00)
(15:30-17:30)
Welcome
drinks
(18:30)
MCAA Annual
Meeting
(17:30)
Conference dinner
(18:30)
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11th Mosquito Control Association of Australia Conference, Mandurah, Western Australia, 2014
Monday 8 September 2014
8:45 - 9:00
Welcome and Opening
8:45 - 8:50
Welcome - Michael Lindsay
8:50 - 9:00
Opening address – Local dignitary
9:00 - 10:30
Session 1: Managing mosquito-borne disease in Western Australia
[Chair Peter Neville]
9:00 - 9:30
Michael Lindsay - Managing mosquitoes and mosquito-borne disease
risk in Western Australia: a rich mix of achievements and challenges
9:30 - 9:45
Ryan Janes - Mosquito species abundance and distribution in three inner
metropolitan Local Governments of Perth, Western Australia with
implications for mosquito management
9:45 - 10:00
TBC
10:00 - 10:15
Darryal Eastwell - Managing mosquitoes in the north west of WA in
times of emergency
10:15 - 10:30
Abbey Potter - Community knowledge of mosquitoes and mosquitoborne disease across Western Australia
10:30 - 11:00
Break
11:00 - 12:30
Session 2: Novel vector control strategies
[Chair Leon Hugo]
11:00 - 11:30
Scott Ritchie – Update on Wolbachia for control of dengue in north
Queensland
11:30 – 11:45
Leon Hugo - Prevalence of Wolbachia infections in native Australian
mosquitoes
11:45 - 12:00
Jonathan Darbro - Metofluthrin emanators reduce Aedes aegypti survival
and biting intensity: results of field trials in Cairns, Australia
12:00 – 12:15
William Jany - Evaluation of efficacy of Natular™ 20EC, G30 and Sand
formulations for Aedes vigilax and Aedes notoscriptus control in
Australia
12:15 - 12:30
Cassie Jansen - Field evaluation of cyclopentanone to attract female
mosquitoes in southeast Queensland
12:30 - 13:30
Lunch
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13:30 - 15:00
Session 3: National arbovirus surveillance round up
[Chair Andrew van den Hurk]
13:30 - 13:45
Peter Neville - Mosquito-borne disease occurrence remains high in WA
after a return to neutral weather patterns
13:45 - 14:00
Stephen Doggett - Arbovirus and vector surveillance in NSW, 2012/132013/14
14:00 - 14:15
Stacey Lynch - Victorian Arbovirus Disease Control Program: 20122014 season wrap up
14:15 – 14:30
Sofia Orre-Gordon - Mosquito and arbovirus surveillance in South
Australia, 2013-14
14:30 – 14:45
Allan Warchot - Arbovirus and vector surveillance in the Northern
Territory 2012/13 and 2013/14
14:45 – 15:00
Cheryl Johansen - Recent arbovirus surveillance and research activities
of the Arbovirus Surveillance and Research Laboratory, UWA
15:00 - 15:30
Break
15:30 - 17:30
Session 4: Mosquito control, environmental management and urban
development
[Chair Cameron Webb]
15:30 – 16:00
James McNelly - An overview of Volusia County Florida’s Integrated
Pest Management Program.
16:00 – 16:15
William Jany - Current Mosquito Management Policies Utilized by
Municipalities in the Midwestern United States To Manage Disease
Vectors and Nuisance Mosquito species
16:15 - 16:30
Pat Dale - The Coomera runnelling project: past, present and future
16:30 - 16:45
James McNelly and Doug Carlson – Environmental management of
Florida’s wetlands
16:45 - 17:00
Colin Dent - Mosquito mark-recapture studies in the Geographe Region
of WA
17:00 – 17:15
Scott Carver - Determining host contributions to Ross River virus
transmission across Australia
17:15 – 17:30
Andrew Jardine - Ross River virus risk associated with proximity to
mosquito breeding habitat in southern Western Australia: Implications
for new and existing residential developments
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11th Mosquito Control Association of Australia Conference, Mandurah, Western Australia, 2014
Tuesday 9 September 2014
9:00 - 10:30
Session 1: Managing mosquitoes: From control to
communications
[Chair Cassie Jansen]
9:00 - 9:30
Joseph Conlon – Managing mosquitoes and media: The U.S.
experience
9:30 - 9:45
Roy Durre – Overview of the City of Gold Coast Mosquito
Management Program
9:45 - 10:00
Darren Alsemgeest - Mosquito Management in Townsville, Qld
10:00 - 10:15
Mike Muller - Of bunds and baffle balls – the ins and outs of
supplying a large scale helicopter mosquito spraying program
10:15 – 10:30
Jane Cook and Meredith Chidlow – Communication strategies in
the Geographe and Leschenault regions of WA
10:30 – 10:45
Cameron Webb – Managing mosquitoes in urban wetlands:
Strategic control and social communications
10:45 - 11:15
Break - Function area
11:15 - 12:30
Session 3: Novel vector surveillance strategies
[Chair Stephen Doggett]
11:15 - 11:30
Scott Ritchie - Mozzie crab pot: Novel passive traps for
collection of mosquitoes
11:30 - 11:45
Stacey Lynch - A comparison between the BG-sentinel and
encephalitis vector surveillance trap to detected key vector
species in Victoria
11:45 - 12:00
Cheryl Toi - An assessment of new approaches to arbovirus
surveillance in NSW
12:00 – 12:15
Peter J. Neville and Piers Higgs - Development of real-time
mobile data collection and management tools for the
enhancement of mosquito management across Western Australia
12:15 – 12:30
Leon Hugo - Adult survivorship of the dengue mosquito Aedes
aegypti varies seasonally in central Vietnam
12:30 - 13:30
Lunch – Restaurant
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11th Mosquito Control Association of Australia Conference, Mandurah, Western Australia, 2014
13:30 - 15:00
Session 3: Discoveries and innovations in mosquito
microbiology
[Chair: Nigel Beebe]
13:30 – 13:45
Breeanna McLean - Identification of a novel insect-specific
flavivirus from Aedes vigilax mosquitos collected in Sydney,
Australia
13:45 – 14:00
Sonja Hall-Mendelin - Routes of infection and transmission of an
insect-specific flavivirus in Australian mosquitoes
14:00 - 14:15
Jody Hobson-Peters - Discovery of a highly divergent insectspecific bunyavirus from Culex mosquitoes captured in Papua
New Guinea and the Torres Strait
14:15 - 14:30
Caitlin O’Brien - A MAVRIC approach to virus discovery and
surveillance in mosquito populations
14:30 – 14:45
Jana Batovska - DNA barcoding identification of mosquitoes in
Victoria
15:00 - 17:00
Session 4: Field trip to local wetlands
Scott Severn - Mosquito Control in the Peel Region, Western
Australia
17:30
MCAA General Meeting
18:30
Pre-dinner Drinks
19:00
Conference Dinner
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11th Mosquito Control Association of Australia Conference, Mandurah, Western Australia, 2014
Wednesday 10 September 2014
9:00 - 10:30
Session 1: Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus 1
[Chair Scott Ritchie]
9:00 - 9:30
Dina Fonseca – Exotic mosquitoes in North America
9:30 - 9:45
Andrew van den Hurk - Ten years of the Tiger: studies of Aedes
albopictus in Australia since 2004
9:45 - 10:00
Craig Brockway - Barriers to exotic mosquito establishment at
Australian International Airports – A review of recent detections
and response
10:00 - 10:15
Nigel Beebe – Developing a population genetics toolbox and
regional spatial database to determine the incursion origin of the
exotic mosquitoes Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus
10:15 – 10:30
Cassie Jansen - Comparison of the relative roles of potential urban
chikungunya virus vectors in Australia
10:30 – 10:45
Jonathan Darbro - A cost-benefit analysis of illustrative Aedes
albopictus eradication and management plans in Brisbane,
Queensland
10:45 - 11:15
Break
11:15 - 12:30
Session 2: Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus 2
[Chair- Jonathon Darbro]
11:15 - 11:30
Odwell Muzari - Tackling the tiger in the Torres: Update on the
Aedes albopictus prevention and control program
11:30 - 11:45
Charles Butafa - The 2013 dengue epidemic in the Solomon
Islands: An Aedes albopictus driven event?
11:45 - 12:00
Joe Davis – Recent dengue activity in Far North Queensland
12:00 - 12:15
George Milne - An individual-based simulation model for dengue
transmission in Cairns
12:15 - 12:30
Bill Pettit - Aedes aegypti eliminated from Tennant Creek in the
NT …again
12:30 - 12:45
James R. McNelly - The Development of a Domestic Inspection
Program in Volusia County, Florida
12:45 - 13:45
Lunch
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11th Mosquito Control Association of Australia Conference, Mandurah, Western Australia, 2014
13:45 - 15:30
Session 3: Rapid Fire Presentations
[Chair Cameron Webb]
Scott Severn - One trick pony to horses for courses
Amber Douglas - Feasibility study for aerial application of
larvicides to manage mosquito breeding across 14 Local
Governments in Perth’s Swan and Canning River wetlands
Andrew Jardine - Evaluation of the effective swath and distribution
of granular (S)-methoprene application by Isoair 4500-206
Broadcaster Hoppers
Lisa Rigby - The impacts of environment and adaptation by
mosquitoes on the transmission of vector borne disease
Greg Crisp - Use of video equipment to monitor potential mosquito
breeding in roof gutters and rainwater tanks
Eldrian Basson - Basic “good housekeeping” in a rural settlement
can eliminate the exposure to mosquito borne infections
Weng Chow - Mosquito surveillance in the area of Bradshaw Field
Training Area
Mike Muller - Oviposition behaviour of Toxorhynchites speciosus
in a suburban backyard
Mike Muller - Mosquitoes feeding on reptiles
15:30 - 16:00
Stacey Lynch - Stretch Lagoon orbivirus: first detection in
Victorian mosquitoes and a diagnostic journey
Agathe Colmant - A novel flavivirus-like RNA sequence detected
in Anopheles meraukensis mosquitoes from the Gulf of Carpentaria
Jay Nicholson - The effect of boric acid and commercial honey on
viral RNA detection on FTA® cards
Abbey Potter - The seroprevalence and factors associated with
Ross River virus infection in Western Grey Kangaroos (Macropus
fuliginosus) in Western Australia
Shani Wong - How does PCR compare with virus isolation for
detection of Ross River and Barmah Forest viruses in mosquitoes
from the southwest of WA?
Sarah Power - Assessment of alternative monoclonal antibodies for
detection of flavivirus infections in sentinel chickens
C. Sukkanon - Effectiveness of silicone-based monomolecular film
(MMF) against Aedes aegypti
Subbiah Poopathi – Marine bacteria isolated from Indian coastal
area useful for mosquito control
Closing remarks and awards
16:00
Conference close
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11th Mosquito Control Association of Australia Conference, Mandurah, Western Australia, 2014
The Mosquito Control Association of Australia thank the following
conference sponsors for their support:
GOLD SPONSORS
SILVER SPONSORS
BRONZE SPONSOR
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11th Mosquito Control Association of Australia Conference, Mandurah, Western Australia, 2014
Mosquito Control Association of Australia Inc.
PO Box 5052
GOLD COAST MAIL CENTRE
Qld. 9726. Australia
Website: www.mcaa.org.au
Email: admin@mcaa.org.au
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