West Nile Virus Found in Mosquitos in Crescent Hill

 

The Crescent Hill Community Council was contacted by the Environmental Health Specialist in the Mosquito Control Division for the Louisville Metro Department of Public Health and Wellness for our area. She informed us of potential mosquito borne vector disease for Crescent Hill and Southern Baptist Seminary regions.

 

Their trap located near the Grinstead Ave parking area of Southern Baptist College has yielded both very high trap numbers and more importantly, tested positive for West Nile Virus. Steps they have taken to reduce the mosquito population in our area include treating catch basins with larvicide and fogging with adulticide.

 

Here is what you can do to help prevent or reduce mosquito borne vector disease in your area: 

1. Use insect repellant.

2. Wear long sleeved shirts and pants.

3. Empty standing water in your yard every 5-7 days, such as flower pots, children’s toys, swimming pools, tires, gutters, & bird baths, and pet bowls.

4. Keep windows shut when using air conditioning.

5. Use screens in windows and doors when air conditioning is unavailable.

6. Utilize fans while in a stationary position on your porch or deck.

 

The Mosquito Control Program does not have a “fogging List” and does not practice spraying based on a schedule.  Areas that are fogged are those that meet specific criteria:

1. Positive human cases of mosquito transmitted disease.

2. Mosquito samples are disease positive.

3. Mosquito traps have excessive counts.

4. Mosquito control program staff note high incidence of adult mosquitoes.