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Vector control warns of dengue risk, outlines sterile-mosquito program and resident services
Summary
A Greater Los Angeles County Vector Control District representative told the La Habra Heights City Council that travel-related dengue cases rose to roughly 140 last year and described surveillance, mosquito fish, storm-drain work and a sterile-insect technique to reduce mosquito populations; residents were urged to report standing water and use the district’s outreach toolkit.
David Palin Jr., a representative of the Greater Los Angeles County Vector Control District, told the La Habra Heights City Council on June 9 that mosquito season is underway and urged residents to be vigilant against disease-carrying mosquitoes.
Palin said the district recorded about 140 travel-related dengue cases last year and remains concerned about West Nile virus and occasional detections of other mosquito-borne pathogens. He described the district’s integrated vector management approach—surveillance, control and public education—and…
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