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PRO/AH/EDR> Invasive mosquito – USA (08): (CA)

Other Human Disease -- United StatesAn invasive mosquito thought to have been eradicated from the San Diego region 14 years ago was found during routine trapping in Barrio Logan, the county Department of Environmental Health reported today [23 Sep 2015].The Asian tiger mosquito [_Aedes albopictus_] is similar to another insect found locally for the1st time last year [2014], _Aedes aegypti_, sometimes called the yellow fever mosquito.Both mosquitoes are small, with distinctive black and white markings, Read more [...]