Pests -- United States
A potentially dangerous species of mosquito not found before in Ventura County has emerged in Simi Valley with more people reporting bites every day.
"We are being flooded with calls," said Ron Ventura, supervisor with the Ventura County Environmental Health Division. "We're getting a dozen calls a day at least."
The small black mosquito with white stripes on its back and legs is called _Aedes aegypti_, or yellow fever mosquito. Found in Kern and Los Angeles counties and long suspected
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?7804445&promed&0
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