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DEKALB County, Ga. (CBS46) – With the holiday weekend coming up, mosquito traps are now being deployed in the metro Atlanta area.
The pesky bugs are back this summer and concern is about the viruses they could carry.
“There are possibilities for other viruses, but the one that we mainly get in this county is West Nile,” said Dr Natasha Agramonte, entomologist at Dekalb County Board of Health.
Agramonte says the county had only one confirmed human case from West Nile last year, which is average.
However, only about one in five people report symptoms. “You are going to have fever, rash, headache, joint pain, muscle pain.”
To anticipate the disease before it spreads, the board of health is setting up dozens of traps across the county.
You can see thousands of mosquito larvae squirming in a trap off Winn Way in Decatur.
Between the two dozen traps, the board of health pulls hundreds of buckets or “pools” every summer through fall. Last year, 25 of these pools tested positive for West Nile.
Agramonte says she fears this year will be worse. “We had a lot of rain. It was a relatively warm winter so I expect it to be a bit higher.”
The board of health recommends that you empty any standing water, maintain your garden well, wear long sleeves especially at night and early in the morning, keep mosquito nets on your window and wear mosquito repellent.
For more information visit: https://www.dekalbhealth.net/envhealth/west-nile-virus/
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