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Montgomery County public-health staff explain mosquito surveillance and West Nile risk; DEP sets county control responsibilities
Summary
Public health administrators reported county mosquito surveillance results and described responsibilities, notification processes and when spraying may be used to control West Nile virus risk.
Montgomery County Public Health Administrator Christina Miller briefed commissioners Sept. 4 on mosquito surveillance and West Nile virus risk, describing local responsibilities under Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection guidance and steps residents can take to reduce exposure.
Miller said the county has collected more than 500 mosquito specimens this season, of which about 400 met testing criteria and roughly 25 percent — more than 100 specimens — tested positive for West Nile virus. She explained…
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