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Ventura County vector control details mosquito surveillance, urges backyard source reduction
Summary
Ventura County Resource Management Agency vector control staff briefed the Oxnard City Council on local mosquito surveillance, rising dengue risk and free mosquito fish and other public services; staff said 300 mapped sources in Oxnard received about 2,500 inspections and 1,200 treatments in 2024.
Ventura County vector control staff told the Oxnard City Council on June 3 that county technicians carried out hundreds of inspections in the city last year and are preparing for a longer, hotter mosquito season in 2025.
"A vector is an insect or other animal that transmits disease to other animals," said Cary Swoboda, supervisor of the County Environmental Health Vector Control Program, as he outlined the department’s public-health work. Swoboda and program lead Steven Solomon described routine surveillance, larval source treatment and public outreach the county provides to Oxnard.
Why it matters: Ventura County’s program focuses on preventing mosquito-borne disease and quality-of-life nuisances, including West Nile virus and…
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