Less standing water could decrease mosquito surge

| June 19, 2018 in Health

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The flooding and high waters in British Columbia have allowed summer fun’s worst enemy - the mosquito - to flourish in the warm and wet weather.

The increase in standing water has presented mosquitoes with the perfect environment for reproduction, which takes place in water. Even very small bodies of water can be a breeding ground for the insect.

With more mosquitoes, Interior Health warns, there is a higher risk for West Nile virus, especially in the warmer months.

Despite very few cases of West Nile virus in Canada, there have been five reported human cases in B.C. in the last decade.

As the flood waters begin to recede the mosquito population is expected to return to normal.

Until then, Interior Health has some recommendations to deter the pests from peppering your body with irritative and itchy bumps.

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