kind of makes you hope that winter sticks around a little longer...
https://weather.com/science/news/warm-t ... -spreading
https://weather.com/health/news/facts-about-zika-virus
a primer on effective mosquito control: http://www.mosquitoworld.net/
(save your $ if you're thinking of buying a bug zapper)
UTMB Galveston is at the forefront of research on this mosquito-borne virus (& others).
http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shot ... -zika-tick
http://www.wired.com/2016/02/zika-research-utmb/
http://www.utmb.edu/newsroom/article10808.aspx
https://youtu.be/r7kMhCowCfg
Zika & it's relationship to weather
I have read that the mosquitoes that breed Zika virus typically live indoors and their prevalence is much more common in places without window screens and air conditioning (thus the significantly reduced threat in the US)
Apparently it's not spread by our common garden-variety summertime mosquitoes that tend to come out at dawn and dusk. So spraying doesn't really work either.
The Dengue fever mini-outbreak in the Florida Keys is a good example of how to contain mosquitoes that carry these tropical viruses.
Apparently it's not spread by our common garden-variety summertime mosquitoes that tend to come out at dawn and dusk. So spraying doesn't really work either.
The Dengue fever mini-outbreak in the Florida Keys is a good example of how to contain mosquitoes that carry these tropical viruses.