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The Governing Board gave the green light to the specifications to hire the relative service campaign mosquito control in the town.
With this new service municipal resources for this program, with particular emphasis on new species Aedes albopictus, known as tiger mosquito, detected for the first time in 2011 Murcia reinforcing.
This contract represents an increase in human resources devoted to meet the demands neighborhood more quickly and efficiently, making a special effort to expand preventive work.
Also there will be the necessary support to carry out awareness and outreach efforts in prevention against this especie.Como remember from the municipal health services, public awareness is key to controlling the outbreak tiger mosquito breeding place that between 60 and 80% of larval breeding of the species in urban environments are located in private areas.
The public health implications are those derived from their own bites, which can sometimes have consequences of a certain severity due to allergic reactions and transmission of arboviruses, ie a group of diseases that are caused by arthropod-borne viruses.
The tiger mosquito reproduces by laying their eggs in small spots of stagnant water that we usually have in our homes.
Every six days a female can lay 80 eggs.
The adult size does not exceed 5 mm.
and fly storey, so they are hardly visible.
Some tips to avoid mosquito bites include: use of repellents, especially in the legs, taking care of our personal hygiene, put screens on the windows and use insect appliances.
In this new contract, which will run for two years, 80,000 euros will be invested.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia
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