(24 May 2024)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Fort Collins, Colorado – 4 April 2024
1. Mosquitos flying in jar at CDC lab that raises mosquitos for testing
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Roxanne Connelly, CDC entomologist:
“The deadliest animal on the planet is the mosquito.”
3. Roxanne Connelly working in lab
4. Tight of Connelly’s hands opening container with egg rafts
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Roxanne Connelly, CDC entomologist:
“In the US alone, we have a little over 200 different species. About a dozen or more of those are really important when it comes to transmitting diseases.”
6. Medium of Connelly removing tray of newly hatched mosquitos in water
7. Various of tray showing mosquitos in water
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Roxanne Connelly, CDC entomologist:
“There is potential to be infected with a mosquito borne virus, such as West Nile. In some people there’s no problems, no symptoms, but it can go all the way to the most devastating part where you could die from a from a mosquito borne disease.”
9. Various of researcher observing the effectiveness of various insecticides for killing mosquitos
10. Researcher writing notes
11. Various of bottles with mosquitos
SOUNDBITE (English) Roxanne Connelly, CDC entomologist:
“Communities across the country use mosquito control products to kill the adult mosquitoes that may cause disease in humans. Over time, if they overuse those products, mosquitoes can become resistant to it. So what we’ve done is develop tools to help detect when that resistance might be occurring, and then we can provide recommendations on when, when to stop using those and when to use other products.”
12. Various of researcher feeding a “blood meal” to mosquitos
13. Mosquitos in box
14. Mosquitos feeding on blood meal in box
15. Wide of box where mosquitos are being fed
16. SOUNDBITE (English) Roxanne Connelly, CDC entomologist:
“One of the things we like for people to keep in mind is to look for and listen to their local and state health departments. They send out notices when there’s evidence that there’s virus in an area and when they need to maybe step up their precautions and make sure they wear repellents when they go outside.”
17. Various of researcher looking at dead mosquitos under microscope
18. SOUNDBITE (English) Roxanne Connelly, CDC entomologist:
“The easiest way to prevent being infected with a mosquito-borne disease is to wear an effective repellant when you’re outdoors.”
19. Various of Connelly spraying repellent on her arm
20. SOUNDBITE (English) Roxanne Connelly, CDC entomologist:
“We have not seen where mosquitoes are developing tolerance to repellents. That is a good thing. One of the things that we have to think about, though, is what type of repellents are being used.”
21. Connelly walking back into lab
22. Connelly opens box of mosquitos to put arm with repellent inside
23. SOUNDBITE (English) Roxanne Connelly, CDC entomologist:
“CDC always goes with recommending EPA registered products. There are some. You just have to read the label. Some have a shorter acting time than others do. But, it’s always on the label.”
24. Various of Connelly’s bare arm inside box of mosquitos that are not attracted to her due to the repellent she used
STORYLINE:
There’s an old joke that mosquitoes are like family: They are annoying, but they carry your blood.
Mosquito season is starting to rev up across much of the United States. And that means bug bites.
So you might want to pause summer vacation planning and consider what to look for in insecticides and repellents.
WHAT MOSQUITO REPELLENTS WORK BEST?
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