Monday, 12 August 2019

PRO/AH/EDR> Invasive mosquito - USA: (CA)

Pests -- United States
The East Side Mosquito Abatement District and Stanislaus County Public Health have jointly announced the 1st detection of invasive (non-native) _Aedes aegypti_ mosquitoes in the county. _Aedes aegypti_ mosquitoes have been detected previously elsewhere in California, but never before in Stanislaus County. _Aedes aegypti_ is capable of transmitting viruses such as chikungunya, dengue, yellow fever, and Zika that are not transmissible by the native Culex mosquitoes.
_Aedes aegypti_ mosquitoes

Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?6618999&promed&0

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