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How to keep away mosquitoes carrying Zika, dengue
By Carina Storrs, Special to CNN
Updated 4:05 PM ET, Thu January 21, 2016
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"Dengue, chikungunya and Zika are the ones that I'm very fearful of for the Gulf Coast states [such as Florida and Texas], and Zika is the most terrifying of all because of the horrific birth defects," said Dr. Peter Jay Hotez, dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine.
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Americans can take a break from worrying about diseases from mosquitoes in the winter because Aedes and Culex mosquitoes are not active when it is cold, said Laura D. Kramer, professor in the School of Public Health at the State University of New York at Albany. But that break can be short-lived in places like the South. "As soon as it heats up [to 50 or 60 degrees Fahrenheit], mosquitoes will come back and viruses can replicate in them," Kramer said.
You are more likely to encounter Culex mosquitoes, which can carry West Nile virus, outdoors and at night. But you are at higher risk of bites from the Aedes mosquitoes, which can spread dengue, chikungunya and Zika, inside. That is because Aedes are active and feed during the day. "They come in the house for shade ... they live very close to people," Kramer said.
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By Carina Storrs, Special to CNN
Updated 4:05 PM ET, Thu January 21, 2016
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"Dengue, chikungunya and Zika are the ones that I'm very fearful of for the Gulf Coast states [such as Florida and Texas], and Zika is the most terrifying of all because of the horrific birth defects," said Dr. Peter Jay Hotez, dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine.
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Americans can take a break from worrying about diseases from mosquitoes in the winter because Aedes and Culex mosquitoes are not active when it is cold, said Laura D. Kramer, professor in the School of Public Health at the State University of New York at Albany. But that break can be short-lived in places like the South. "As soon as it heats up [to 50 or 60 degrees Fahrenheit], mosquitoes will come back and viruses can replicate in them," Kramer said.
You are more likely to encounter Culex mosquitoes, which can carry West Nile virus, outdoors and at night. But you are at higher risk of bites from the Aedes mosquitoes, which can spread dengue, chikungunya and Zika, inside. That is because Aedes are active and feed during the day. "They come in the house for shade ... they live very close to people," Kramer said.
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