POOLS OF STANDING WATER TESTED FOR MOSQUITO-TRANSMITTED DISEASE
August 14, 2008
August 14, 2008
FORT MEADE, Md., Aug. 14 -- Fort Meade issued the following news release:
By Alan J. McCombs
Staff Writer
Fort Meade health care officials are awaiting results of an installation-wide survey conducted in July that tested standing pools of water containing mosquito larvae for the West Nile virus.
Mosquitos are the primary transmitters of the virus to humans. The insects pick up the disease, also known as the arborvirus, when they feed on infecte . . .
By Alan J. McCombs
Staff Writer
Fort Meade health care officials are awaiting results of an installation-wide survey conducted in July that tested standing pools of water containing mosquito larvae for the West Nile virus.
Mosquitos are the primary transmitters of the virus to humans. The insects pick up the disease, also known as the arborvirus, when they feed on infecte . . .