Area health officials detail how disease-carrying mosquitoes live, feed, die stat : News-Journal

Only female mosquitoes bite and feed on humans. If that inversion is not taking place, if it's actually hot air coming down, then I can't spray," Owen said. Farrar, Owen and Gregg County Health Department Administrative Assistant Fred Killingsworth all agree — mosquito bite prevention begins with the four D's. Asian tiger mosquitoes are unique in that they feed during the day, unlike many mosquitoes that feed only at dusk and dawn.. "Drain standing water," Owen said, and dress appropriately by wearing long sleeves and long pants.




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Long Beach health officials say their greatest zika-related concern is the risk of infection to pregnant women, since the disease can cause serious birth defects. (AP Photo/Josh Replogle)Long Beach health officials say they need residents to be on guard for the mosquito species that carry the zika virus. Officials know of six Long Beach residents who have had zika, none of whom caught the disease locally. Long Beach officials recommend any containers, like a bird bath, that holds standing water be dumped, drained and scrubbed on a weekly basis. The outbreak, which started in South America in 2015 in Brazil has been "marching north," Dr. Anissa Davis, city health officer for the Long Beach Department of Health and Human Services said.


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