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St. Louis encephalitis resurfaces in Orange County
From the Los Angeles Times October 15, 2019 Mosquitoes collected in Anaheim and Westminster have tested positive for St. Louis encephalitis — the first occurrence in those cities in three decades, Orange County officials announced Tuesday. The mosquitoes were collected late last week along Old Bolsa Chica Road in Westminster and near Dale and Orange avenues in…
Mosquitoes Carrying Encephalitis Found In Orange County
From Lake Forest Patch October 15, 2019 ANAHEIM, CA —Mosquito samples in Orange County cities of Westminster and Anaheim tested positive for Saint Louis Encephalitis, the OC Vector Control District confirmed, Tuesday. “(We) have not seen SLE positive mosquito samples in this area since 1987,” a spokeswoman for OC Vector Control District said. As such,…
Living with Infectious Mosquitoes
From Scientific American October 14, 2019 Vector-borne diseases, those carried by organisms that can transmit them between humans or from animals to humans, account for more than 17 percent of all infectious diseases. The most commonly known vector, the mosquito, carries some of the deadliest diseases of this kind, including dengue fever, Zika virus, malaria, chikungunya virus,…