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County health official outlines Lyme and mosquito risks, urges prevention measures
Summary
The county health department’s vector coordinator briefed the council on rising Lyme disease and West Nile indicators in St. Joseph County, described larvicide successes in targeted catch basins, and urged resident prevention steps and intergovernmental coordination on mosquito control.
Brett (last name not specified), vector coordinator for the St. Joseph County Health Department, told the county council that the county leads Indiana in reported Lyme disease cases and has had elevated West Nile virus detections in mosquitoes in recent years.
"About 47 percent of the adult black-legged ticks tested in St. Joe County have come back positive for Lyme disease," Brett said, attributing the high rates to a mix of habitat, deer and small-mammal populations along northern river corridors and to residential development that brings people into tick habitat.
Brett said ticks and mosquitoes are the department’s primary concerns…
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