DOH-Alachua issues mosquito-borne illness advisory
Press release from Alachua County on behalf of the Florida Department of Health in Alachua County
ALACHUA COUNTY, Fla. – The Florida Department of Health in Alachua County (DOH-Alachua) advises residents that there has been an increase in mosquito-borne disease activity in areas of Alachua County. Several sentinel chickens have tested positive for West Nile virus infection. DOH-Alachua, Alachua County, and local municipal mosquito control departments are coordinating surveillance and prevention efforts by continued monitoring, larviciding breeding sites, and adulticiding certain areas within the county.
DOH-Alachua reminds the community to avoid being bitten by mosquitoes by taking these basic precautions.
The Department continues to conduct statewide surveillance for mosquito-borne illnesses, including West Nile virus infections, Eastern equine encephalitis, St. Louis encephalitis, malaria, chikungunya, and dengue. Residents of Florida are encouraged to report dead birds to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission’s site.
Most people don’t know about sentinel chickens. Poor things are left out in cages in the woods or thereabouts by epidemiological health authorities, only to be picked up and tested for mosoquito-borne diseases. Somebody should build a monument to the Unknown Sentinel Chicken, who self-sacrificially protects us.
I’m surprised some people aren’t protesting or letting them out of their cages.
Where’s the local lemmings and loons?
You thank bill gates by spreading his lab modified African mosquitoes over Florida.🤬
That’s not the only illness infesting Alachua County.
Kudos to the Health Department for keeping the communities of potential mosquito-borne illnesses though.