HOW TO PROTECT AGAINST DISEASE FOR MORE INFORMATION MOSQUITOES There are many ways to help prevent mosquitoes Centers for Disease Control and Prevention from laying their eggs and to get rid of larvae once www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvbid/westnile/index.htm they have hatched. or MOSQUITOES www.cdc.gov/ncidod/diseases/list_mosquitoborne Prevent mosquitoes by .htm &  Keeping the yard clean  Draining open containers United States Geological Survey Surveillance that hold water Maps DISEASE  Removing any old tires www.cindi.usgs.gov/hazard/event/west_nile/west_ PROTECT YOURSELF nile.html laying around AND YOUR FAMILY  Not over watering plants or lawns EPA Mosquito Control Program  Pumping water from pool covers www.epa.gov/pesticides/factsheets/skeeters.htm  Chlorinating pool water  Cleaning debris away from pond banks  Keeping gutters clear of debris  Draining small pools after use  Making sure that drainage ditches aren't FOR MOSQUITO SPRAYING OR holding water LARVICIDE INFORMATION CONTACT  Using biolarvicides that kill the larvae (found at home and garden retailers) Solid Waste Collection Services  Cleaning bird baths and emptying them Phone: 311 frequently—at least once per week

There are also ways to protect yourself and lower Solid Waste Collection Services your risk of infection when exposed to mosquitoes. Little Rock Public Works

City of Little Rock Adults and children can be protected by  Wearing loose fitting clothes in  Covering arms and legs association with the  Using mosquito netting when camping

 Limiting time University of Arkansas

outdoors at Little Rock  Using repellents that Department of Biology contain DEET Environmental Health Sciences Program  Using child

approved repellants

WHAT IS LITTLE ROCK DOING TO WHAT IS THE ZIKA VIRUS? MOSQUITO QUICK FACTS REDUCE THE RISK OF ZIKA AND OTHER MOSQUITO-BORNE DISEASES? The ZikaVirus is a mosquito-borne virus. This  There are over 2500 species of mosquitoes virus is in the same family as viruses responsible in the world Risk Reduction Program Components: for Yellow Fever, Dengue, West Nile, and  Over 150 species of mosquitoes live in the Chikungunya. Zika is of special concern since a United States  Mosquito Surveillance and Larval connection has been established between the  55 species live in Arkansas Control: Mosquito trapping and Zika virus and microcephaly, a neurological  Few mosquitoes ever feed on a human identification are conducted weekly disorder that results in babies being born with  Only females bite during the mosquito season throughout abnormally small heads. The Zika virus has also  Females can lay hundreds of eggs at one the City of Little Rock. Collected been linked to severe developmental issues and time and thousands in a lifetime mosquitoes are sometimes infant deaths.  Trapping in Little Rock has identified 12 identified and species of mosquitoes that transmit disease tested for select HOW IS THE ZIKA VIRUS viruses. SPREAD? WHERE DO MOSQUITOES  Spraying: The Zika Virus is transmitted to COME FROM? Results from humans through the bite of an infected Aedes mosquito.  Mosquitoes surveillance Mosquitoes get the virus by breed in areas activities are feeding on humans with an that are warm used to target active Zika infection. Both and moist areas that present the highest disease Aedes species that are capable of transmitting Zika  Most species lay risk. Spraying is also conducted in have been identified through trapping conducted in eggs in stagnant response to 311 requests. the City of Little Rock. water  Education: In response to each 311 call,

 Eggs hatch into larva, larva turn into pupa, a site visit is made to each address and WHAT ARE THE SYMPTOMS OF A ZIKA and pupa grow into adults contact made with the resident if INFECTION?  Mosquito eggs can hatch and become possible. Risk reduction information is provided to the resident. Symptoms may include: adults in 7to 10 ten days  Fever

 Skin Rash WHERE CAN MOSQUITOES KEY HUMAN DISEASES MOSQUITOES  Muscle Pain LAY EGGS IN MY YARD? CAN TRANSMIT?  Joint Pain  Red Eyes  Clogged gutters  Chikungunya  Headaches  Drainage ditches  Dengue Fever  Body  Containers  Zika Weakness  Bird bathes  Yellow Fever  Potted plant trays  Lacrosse Virus  Old tires  West Nile Virus