Project Information
The South Dakota Mosquito Information Systems (SDMIS) project is a collaboration between South Dakota State University (SDSU) and the South Dakota Department of Health (SDDOH). Our goal is to provide the best available up-to-date information on the risk of West Nile virus (WNV) within the state. To accomplish this goal, we collect relevant data from multiple sources and use it to map and forecast WNV activity. Mosquito abundance and infection data are provided by cities and local governments within the state. Human case data are provided by the SDDOH. Weather maps are based on data obtained from NASA satellites. Researchers from SDSU combine these multiple sources of information into a forecasting model that is used to estimate current WNV risk levels and project them several weeks into the future. This work is supported in part by a grant from the NASA Applied Sciences Public Health and Air Quality Program (NNX15AF74G)..
South Dakota State University
Justin K. Davis
Postdoctoral Fellow, Geospatial Sciences Center of Excellence
Michael B. Hildreth
Professor, Department of Biology & Microbiology
Professor, Department of Veterinary & Biomedical Sciences
Yi Liu
Associate Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Geoffrey Vincent
Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Biology & Microbiology
Andrea Hess
Graduate Research Assistant, Geospatial Sciences Center of Excellence
Michael C. Wimberly
Senior Scientist, Geospatial Sciences Center of Excellence
Professor, Department of Natural Resource Management
South Dakota Department of Health
Nick Hill
Infectious Disease Surveillance
Lon Kightlinger
South Dakota State Epidemiologist
Christopher Carlson
Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity Project Coordinator
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