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We don’t get that much rain here in San Diego county, but it only takes a little bit of sitting water to attract mosquitoes. County mosquito expert Chris Conlan shows you what kind of items you might have in your backyard that mosquitoes can easily breed in.
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County officials reminded people Tuesday at their mosquito prevention kickoff that they need to dump out standing water and protect themselves from mosquitoes to stay safe from illnesses like West Nile virus and Zika.
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The County of San Diego is taking to TV, radio and even freeway billboards to remind the public that the Zika virus is still a threat here — especially to pregnant women, couples thinking about pregnancy, travelers, their families and neighbors.
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Zika is still a threat in San Diego County — especially to pregnant women and women who may become pregnant. And people should still be dumping out standing water around homes to fight the invasive Aedes mosquitoes that can potentially transmit Zika if they first bite a person with the virus.
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Summer is underway and if you plan on travelling, you should follow these eight tips to protect yourself and your loved ones from the Zika virus.
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Even if you’ve never met Chris Conlan, you still might recognize him. That’s because the supervising vector ecologist has been the County’s most visible “bug and critter guy,” for the last 14 ½ years, doing hundreds of media interviews and appearing on your TV and in your newspapers. And it all started with a butterfly net.
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The County of San Diego’s Vector Control Program will drop its first batch of larvicide of the year on 48 rivers, streams, ponds and other waterways to kill mosquito larvae Wednesday. (Update 4/19/17: Conditions did not allow all sites to be treated Wednesday. Remaining sites will be treated Thursday.)