People have many concerns about mosquitoes and the diseases they can carry and spread, both to humans and animals. Read about mosquito control and abatement and about the many mosquito-borne illnesses you should be aware of.
Chikungunya is most commonly seen in Africa and other tropical countries but spread to the Western Hemisphere in 2014, reaching Puerto Rico. In just a three-month period, officials with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recorded 10,000 cases throughout the island. Since then, the virus has spread to more than 45 countries and territories...
The Zika virus commanded the attendion of officials around the world in late 2015 as it reached near-epidemic status in more than 30 countries from South America and Latin America to Puerto Rico. For most people, the virus is so mild the symptoms are not noticeable. But a disturbing increase in microcephaly – normally a rare...
The World Health Organization in February, 2016, declared a global emergency because of the continuing spread of the Zika virus into the Americas. By early March, the majority of cases were predicted to occur in locations such as Puerto Rico, American Samoa and Trinidad and Tobago. However, Hawaii has already been a focal point with...
Officials with the World Health Organization have no doubt that local cases of the Zika virus will be reported in the United States as the weather warms in 2016. In fact, the WHO has predicted 4 million cases of Zika in 2016 in the Americas, though much of that will be in places like Puerto...
Officials with the World Health Organization have predicted there will be 4 million cases of the Zika virus in the Americas in 2016. The greatest number of cases are expected in Hawaii and states along the Gulf Coast, with Florida perhaps leading the way. Up through the first half of year, more than 1,600 cases...
The Zika virus was poised to moved into the United States in 2016 and presents serious risks to pregnant women and others, prompting the World Health Organization to declare an international public health emergency in late 2015. Officials with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are advising pregnant women to avoid traveling to countries...
A mosquito barrier can take a number of different forms. It can be a visible barrier like bug screens or bed netting, or it can be an invisible fence, employing a number of mosquito repellents to keep the little buzzers away. Visible Barriers Mosquito netting and screens are very effective in keeping mosquitoes off you,...
Mosquito foggers are devices that use heat or electricity to spread mosquito repellents in the form of a fog. The chemical used in the fogger is either turned into smoke or spread as a mist using droplets of the liquid. There are two general types of mosquito foggers: cold foggers and thermal foggers. These two...
Equine encephalitis is a rare virus that is transmitted to humans by the bite of an infected mosquito. There are two types of equine encephalitis in the United States, Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) and Western Equine Encephalitis (WEE). The Eastern strain is spread by the Culiseta melanura mosquito; the Western strain is spread by the...
In fighting the good fight to keep you and your family safe from mosquito attacks and the diseases they bring, there is a growing market of safe and effective mosquito products with which to arm yourself. Some of the products are mechanical, and some are chemical. In the world of mosquito chemical warfare, there are...