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Table 2 Arbovirus surveillance activities conducted during the COVID-19 pandemic, Florida, USA, June 2020

From: Fighting mosquito bite during a crisis: capabilities of Florida mosquito control districts during the COVID-19 pandemic

Did you conduct arbovirus surveillance during the COVID-19 pandemic using the following:

Yes, full or limited capacity

n (%)

No, we did not conduct this arbovirus surveillance activity n (%)

Fisher’s exact test

P-value

Using flocks of sentinel chickens

 Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) Programs

9 (21.4)

33 (78.6)

0.110

 Other Mosquito Programs

2 (7.4)

25 (92.6)

 

Using mosquito pooling

 Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) Programs

9 (22.0)

32 (78.0)

0.102

 Other Mosquito Programs

2 (7.4)

25 (92.6)

 

Larval surveillance

 Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) Programs

26 (61.9)

16 (38.1)

0.588

 Other Mosquito Programs

16 (61.5)

10 (38.5)

 

Adult surveillance

 Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) Programs

36 (85.7)

6 (14.3)

0.081

 Other Mosquito Programs

20 (69.0)

9 (31.0)

 

With rain gauges

 Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) Programs

17 (42.5)

23 (57.5)

0.022

 Other Mosquito Programs

19 (70.4)

8 (29.6)

 

Tidal surveillance

 Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) Programs

9 (23.1)

30 (76.9)

0.145

 Other Mosquito Programs

10 (38.5)

16 (61.5)

 

Temperature, wind and daylight was monitored

 Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) Programs

24 (57.1)

18 (42.9)

0.088

 Other Mosquito Programs

11 (37.9)

18 (62.1)

 
  1. Other mosquito programs includes independent tax district, municipal and health department or other department mosquito programs