The fear from experts of a more active mosquito season after an extremely wet winter in the Bay Area is beginning to play out.
These traps have found positive mosquitoes in Santa Clara County in three separate areas.
In Palo Alto and Stanford, in the 94301, 94304, 94305, and 94306 zip codes, which were treated by SCC Vector Control last week.And to start August, a positive within the area of Santa Clara and Sunnyvale. Zip codes 94085, 94086, 94087 and 95051 will be treated Thursday, Aug. 3.That's why vector control says work to treat and kill mosquito larva is so important.
Methods very from normal spraying to using a new drone to spray areas not easily accessible by crews. "Our staff is checking all mosquito sources to make sure to monitor and treat mosquito larva to make sure they are not in the developing to the biting stage, which is adult mosquitos," Zahiri said.At this stage, UCSF Infectious Diseases expert Dr. Peter Chin-Hong says mosquitoes bite birds that carry West Nile Virus, like crows, and then the mosquitoes transmit the virus to humans.
Vector control says the best way to do this is to spray with EPA-approved bug sprays, remove standing water in your yard where larva can grow, avoid being outside in the afternoon and evening if mosquitoes are around and reach out to the county if removal help is needed.
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