FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- Spring is in full swing and that
means the Fort Wayne-Allen County Department of Health has begun
its annual mosquito control program. The Department of Health’s
mosquito control program involves treating and eliminating
potential breeding sites and placing traps to collect and test
mosquitoes for disease. Unlike in years past, the department
will no longer routinely spray for adult mosquitoes as a result
of finding West Nile virus. The department will instead focus
its efforts on primary prevention measures, such as public
education, source reduction and larviciding, while conserving
its chemical resources to use against St. Louis Encephalitis and
Eastern Equine Encephalitis. Residents can do their part by
emptying flower pots and other containers, replacing water in
birdbaths, cleaning out clogged gutters and eliminating other
sources of standing water on their property. Making sure trash
and recycling containers left outdoors are covered tightly with
a lid is another way to preve