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  • California: Aedes aegypti mosquitoes found in San Diego Co.

    Source: http://www.ramonasentinel.com/2014/1...und-in-county/

    New invasive mosquito found in county

    County environmental health officials are asking the public for help after the discovery of a new invasive mosquito in San Diego County that feeds in daylight hours and can transmit several diseases, including yellow fever, and dengue fever.

    ?We?re urging people to look for, and to eliminate or report any standing water that could be breeding grounds for mosquitoes, outside their homes, but also inside their homes because these small mosquitoes like to breed inside too,? said Elizabeth Pozzebon, director of the San Diego County Department of Environmental Health.

    County officials said military entomologists at Naval Base San Diego discovered four Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, otherwise known as ?yellow fever mosquitoes,? in the last couple of weeks in offices at the base on San Diego Bay. Navy and county vector control teams are working together to put up traps on and around the base to determine if there are more of these mosquitoes...

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    Re: CA: Aedes aegypti mosquitoes found in San Diego Co.

    Source: http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/loca...280992792.html

    More Yellow Fever Mosquitoes Found in San Diego County
    Chula Vista man bitten by rare mosquito
    By Laura McVicker
    County News Center
    Thursday, Oct 30, 2014 ? Updated at 2:57 PM PDT

    More ?yellow fever mosquitoes? have been found in San Diego County, this time in Chula Vista where a man was bitten by one of them...

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