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Stakeholder Profile: New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH)

Items of Interest:

New York City Water Quality

The DOHMH has set up several programs and services to address environmental health issues, including one for the West Nile Virus. New York City residents are encouraged to report all dead bird sightings, especially crows and blue jays, to assist in the agency's effort to monitor possible West Nile Virus activity.

Activities/Projects:

Principal Investigator	Title	Start Date	Stop Date	Purpose
Varuni Kulasekera	Year 2001 West Nile Virus Adult Mosquito Surveillance	5/15/2001	10/31/2001	To protect public health by preventing and outbreak of West Nile Virus (WNV). This is part of a comprehensive program to monitor adult mosquitoes for the detection of WNV throughout New York City, including Jamaica Bay Unit and Staten Island Unit of Gateway NRA. The isolation of WNV in vector mosquitoes from Gateway NRA, along with the increasing probability of a human outbreak, may lead to the use of adult-mosquito control methods. Any control efforts will be in accordance with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Epidemic/Epizootic West Nile Virus in the United States: Revised Guidelines for the Surveillance, Prevention and Control and with National Park Service Policy.

Citations:

New York City Department of Health. 1994. Beach water sampling report-1994. New York, NY. New York City Department of Health. 36 pp.

Sencer, D.J., Cropper, J.B., Reisberg, C. and Ashendorff, A. 1983. Beach and Harbor water sampling program. New York City Department of Health, New York, NY. 30 pp.

New York City Department of Health, Bureau of Sanitary Engineering. 1972. Beach and Harbor water sampling program. New York City Department of Health, New York, NY. 42 pp.

New York City Department of Health, Bureau of Sanitary Engineering. 1966. Sampling of Jamaica Bay, Joint Program, August 30-September 1, 1965. New York City Department of Health, New York, NY. 5 pp. plus appendices. (JABERRT # 257, RIC # 2178).

New York City Department of Health, Bureau of Sanitary Engineering. 1954. Jamaica Bay sewer outlet survey. Unpublished. Available at U.S. Department of Interior, National Park Service, Gateway National Recreation Area, Floyd Bennett Field, Brooklyn, NY. 170pp.

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