Concerns about mosquito-borne illnesses grow in Florida

Published: Aug 30, 2024 Duration: 00:02:26 Category: News & Politics
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And all that rain and standing water, bringing mosquitoes and concerns for mosquito borne illnesses. There are ramped up efforts to make sure that they are managing the mosquito population locally. 10 Tampa Bay Duria Chumba has a closer look from Sarasota reports of West. Now, Zika, malaria and dengue fever have returned across the country and along with the rear eastern equine encephalitis, a new disease called slough fever has also now been confirmed right here in Florida. It is in Florida and we do have the vectors here in Sarasota. That's Chicita Melano and also Cola Puran are two of the main vectors. While specific mosquitoes that carry eastern equine encephalitis and sloth fever are low in number. The experts say right now it's peak disease season. This time every single year, we're going to see about 32 cases in our sentinel chicken flocks and not in humans but in our sentinel chickens because that's a natural part of the cycle. It's very unnatural for humans to be infected. Stagnant water left over from hurricane Debbie have led to ramped up mosquito treatment efforts in Sarasota where seven local cases of malaria were discovered and treated last year, we have a lot more mosquitoes. And so we're doing a lot more aerial missions and also truck missions and those larvicide efforts that are continuous all year around. So far. This year, there are more than 200 confirmed cases of West Nile virus in about 30 states. One in 150 people who get infected could get a more serious form that involves uh the central nervous system. You can get inflammation of the brain and the the membrane that lines the spinal cord and those that's a much more serious uh situation there. It's a mosquito borne illness. So, uh you try to avoid mosquitoes. You know, dawn and dusk is when they tend to bite, wear clothing that covers your, you know, your, your skin, you can have insect repellent and then uh get rid of standing water. Some Sarasota neighbors are already adapting to the season and making changes. I walk the dog during the day. On cool breezy days like this, I get out and enjoy it because that keeps things moving and we're less likely to get, you know, bit by a mosquito in Sarasota. Auria chumba to Tampa Bay. And this year, according to data on the Florida Department of Health's website, 12 cases of malaria were reported in individuals who visited malaria endemic countries. There are no reported cases about them being locally acquired.

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