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Florida Arboviral Encephalitis and West Nile Virus Information

More Questions? Need Answers?

For more information on arboviral reporting and/or surveillance (St. Louis encephalitis, eastern equine encephalitis, West Nile virus, and dengue), please contact your local county epidemiologist or the following state agency representatives:

Topic

Name

Title

Phone

Surveillance

Data Questions

Caroline Collins

 

Department of Health –

State Arbovirus Surveillance Coordinator

 

(850) 245-4444

ext. 2437

General information

Policy

Lisa Conti, DVM, MPH

Department of Health –

State Pubic Health Veterinarian

 

(850) 245-4408

 

Press Release Information

Bill Parizek

Department of Health - Communications Office

(850) 245-4111

Laboratory questions

Lillian Stark, Ph.D.

Department of Health -

Tampa Laboratory

(813) 974-8000

Bird Die-offs

Terry Doonan, Ph.D.

Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission –

Regional Wildlife Diversity Conservation Biologist

(386) 758-0656

Equine Investigations

Bill Jeter, DVM

Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services -

Animal Industry

(850) 410-0942

Mosquito control

Mosquito surveillance

Wayne Gale

Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services – Coordinating Council on Mosquito Control

(850) 922-7011