OPER ATIO NS L C M C D OVER VIEW O F · 2020-05-15 · OVER VIEW O F L C M C D OPER ATIO NS Fight...
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OVERVIEW OF LCMCD OPERATIONS Fight the Bite Follow us on & Surveillance occurs daily at the Lee County Mosquito Control District. Aerial inspectors travel to the most remote areas of the county via helicopter to check salt marsh habitats for mosquito breeding. Ground and marine inspectors look for breeding habitats throughout the county and respond to service requests from citizens. In addition, trap trucks go out each evening during peak mosquito season, surveying the entire county for adult mosquito activity and measuring rainfall levels. The results of these surveys are used to determine when and where to concentrate mosquito control activities. The District uses a variety of biological, mechanical, and chemical control techniques to reduce mosquito populations. Materials that are used to control mosquito larvae are called larvicides, and materials applied to control adult mosquitoes are called adulticides. All materials used to control mosquitoes have been thoroughly tested as part of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency registration process and are used according to the product label directions. Larvicides and adulticides are applied by ground or air using highly sophisticated application technology including satellite navigation and global positioning for precision application targeting. Sterile Insect Technique (SIT) is also used to reduce the number of Aedes aegypti, a mosquito vector of several diseases. Mosquito-borne diseases, such as malaria, dengue fever, and yellow fever have plagued humans for thousands of years. Although organized mosquito control in Florida has greatly reduced the incidence of these diseases, the threat remains for some mosquito- transmitted diseases including West Nile virus, eastern equine encephalitis, St. Louis encephalitis, malaria, dengue fever, Zika virus, and chikungunya virus. The District monitors for arbovirus transmission activity using mosquito pools from trap collections and by using sentinel chicken flocks distributed around the county. When arbovirus transmission of significant threat to human health is detected, that area of the county is thoroughly inspected and treated to eliminate mosquito activity.
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OVERVIEW OFLCMCD
OPERATIONSFight the Bite
Follow us on &
Surveillance occurs daily at the Lee County MosquitoControl District. Aerial inspectors travel to the mostremote areas of the county via helicopter to check saltmarsh habitats for mosquito breeding. Ground andmarine inspectors look for breeding habitats throughoutthe county and respond to service requests fromcitizens. In addition, trap trucks go out each eveningduring peak mosquito season, surveying the entirecounty for adult mosquito activity and measuring rainfalllevels. The results of these surveys are used todetermine when and where to concentrate mosquitocontrol activities.
The District uses a variety of biological, mechanical, andchemical control techniques to reduce mosquitopopulations. Materials that are used to controlmosquito larvae are called larvicides, and materialsapplied to control adult mosquitoes are calledadulticides. All materials used to control mosquitoeshave been thoroughly tested as part of the U.S.Environmental Protection Agency registration processand are used according to the product label directions.Larvicides and adulticides are applied by ground or airusing highly sophisticated application technologyincluding satellite navigation and global positioning forprecision application targeting. Sterile Insect Technique(SIT) is also used to reduce the number of Aedes aegypti,a mosquito vector of several diseases.
Mosquito-borne diseases, such as malaria, denguefever, and yellow fever have plagued humans forthousands of years. Although organized mosquitocontrol in Florida has greatly reduced the incidence ofthese diseases, the threat remains for some mosquito-transmitted diseases including West Nile virus, easternequine encephalitis, St. Louis encephalitis, malaria,dengue fever, Zika virus, and chikungunya virus.
The District monitors for arbovirus transmission activityusing mosquito pools from trap collections and byusing sentinel chicken flocks distributed around thecounty. When arbovirus transmission of significantthreat to human health is detected, that area of thecounty is thoroughly inspected and treated toeliminate mosquito activity.
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