West Nile virus confirmed in local mosquitoes ahead of Fourth of July holiday
But the wet spring and early summer have also been good for mosquitos, and the Ohio Department of Health said West Nile virus has already been confirmed in mosquito sampling across the area.
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Lorain, Lake, Portage, Delaware and Montgomery counties each had one pool test positive. Stark County had two pools, Summit County had four and Franklin County had eight.
'So part of the mosquito's life cycle is that they lay their eggs in stagnant water. It needs to be organic, rich — so, tires, bird baths, things like that. And even natural pools,' said Gus Dria of the City of Canton's health department.
'With this wet spring, we've had even low areas wherever water is, if water sits for seven to 10 days in warm weather, you're going to have mosquitoes that can hatch out, and they're going to be able to grow and fly into adult mosquitoes.' he added.
In Stark County, the two areas where West Nile was confirmed are in separate areas of the city of Canton.
'Down there in the Southwest side near the refinery would be the nearest big business by there. And then in the Northeast, it's all the way up in the far Northeast; borders Plain Township. It would be [Ransom H. Barr Elementary School],' Dria said. 'They have some baseball fields there and they have some swampy land out there. And where we set our trap down near the swampy land, and that's where we found the other positive pool.'
Summit County Public Health has also been trapping and testing mosquitos and West Nile was confirmed in four pools in three areas of the county.
'We had one in Akron and Bath and Sagamore Hills,' said Sara Cochrane of Summit County Public Health.
Dria also said there is a lag time between trapping, counting and testing mosquitos — which are sent to Columbus for the testing — and then publishing the results.
To combat the chance of a mosquito passing the West Nile virus on to humans, the Ohio Department of Health has launched an effort called 'fight the bite,' encouraging people to use approved mosquito repellants.
'That's the No. 1 thing that you look at. So, fight the bite. If you protect yourself so you don't get bit, that's the best way to know that you don't get the virus,' said Dria.
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Summit County Public Health also has a link to approved repellants with a guide for what may be best for you.
Long pants and long sleeves may also protect against mosquito bites and ticks, but in the hot weather, repellant may be more desirable.
Cochrane told FOX 8 News that fans on patios could also help keep mosquitos away because they are not particularly good flyers.
Something to also keep in mind this weekend as many people go out to enjoy area fireworks is that mosquitos are most active after dark.
'We want everyone to enjoy the outdoors, get out, exercise. Make sure you stay hydrated in this hot weather, because I know I've been sweating a lot today. But it's one of those things everyone should enjoy the outdoors,' said Dria.
'Mosquitos are just one of those things you just want to be aware of and you want to protect yourself.'
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