- West Nile Virus
- West Nile is a virus spread by infected mosquitoes that can cause serious illness including encephalitis or meningitis in humans.
- Methods of Prevention
- Limit outdoor activities in the evening when mosquitoes are most active
- When outdoors, wear protective clothing (long sleeves, long pants, loose fitting clothes)
- Avoid working in areas with tall grass, weeds, or bushes where mosquitoes hide during the day
- Use insect repellant with "DEET" and follow label directions
- Eliminate outdoor areas where water can collect, including buckets, tires, birdbaths, flowerpots, rain barrels, and tarps.
- Home Control
- Old tires, cans, pails,, and other water holding containers are ideal breeding sites. Store the upside down or get rid of them.
- Fill in or drain low spots in your yard
- Keep ditches, drains and culverts clear of weeds and trash so that water will drain properly
- Drain water from tarp or plastic sheeting which cover wood piles, boats, etc.
- Keep eaves troughs clean of leaves and debris
- Empty plastic wading pools at least once a week and store them inside when not in use. Unused backyard swimming pools may also create breeding problems
- Change bird bath water weekly
- Fill in tree rot holes and hollow stumps with sand or concrete
- Keep boats/canoes covered or upside down
- Keep grass cut short and shrubbery well trimmed so that adult mosquitoes will not hide there in the daytime.
- Use a fine mesh screen on top of rain barrels so that female adults cannot reach the water surface to lay eggs.
- For more information contact Bay County Mosquito Control
- Other links related to: Centers for Disease Control & Prevention or Michigan Department of Community Health
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