One of the best means of detecting and tracking arboviruses in the United States is through the national surveillance system, ArboNET, managed by the CDC with help from state departments of health. Arboviruses are reportable diseases; all data is maintained by ArboNET. Data is collected from humans with disease, as well as from viremic blood donors, diseased birds, sentinel animals, and mosquitoes. ArboNET is dependent on clinicians collecting the proper specimens at the appropriate times and having a high level of suspicion for these diseases. Therefore, the data is often incomplete and the true incidence under-reported. Neuroinvasive disease is more likely to be reported because of its potential morbidity and mortality. People with mild or asymptomatic infections may not seek health care. Data should be interpreted with these aspects in mind.
1. CDC. Image #17791. Captured in July 2014, during an outbreak of chikungunya among Caribbean non-travelers, this photograph depicted an entomologist from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), John-Paul Mutebi, as he was in the process of setting up one of a number of BG-Sentinel traps (a.k.a. the BG trap or BGS trap), in order to collect mosquitoes for testing. The picture was taken somewhere on the island of St. Croix, United States Virgin Islands (USVI). PHIL public domain image. Created 2014. Accessed October 25, 2022. https://phil.cdc.gov/Details.aspx?pid=17791 2. CDC. Image #17794. Captured in July 2014, during an outbreak of chikungunya among Caribbean non-travelers, this photograph depicted an entomologist from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), John-Paul Mutebi, as he was in the process of using a Nasci aspirator in order to collect mosquitoes for testing. The picture was taken somewhere on the island of St. Croix, United States Virgin Islands (USVI). PHIL public domain image. Created 2014. Accessed October 25, 2022. https://phil.cdc.gov/Details.aspx?pid=17794
