“Ding” Darling Days’ Family Fun Day

The LCME Program will be represented at the annual “Ding” Darling Days’ Family Fun Day on Sunday, October 15th from 10am-3pm.  This event kicks off the week-long festival at the refuge on Sanibel.  There will be live aquatic predators, cased insects, mosquito bite...

CDC Travel Advisory for Italy

Date: Mon 2 Oct 2017 Source: Outbreak News Today [edited] <http://outbreaknewstoday.com/italy-chikungunya-outbreak-prompts-cdc-travel-notice-32299/>     Italy has reported nearly 200 chikungunya cases in the Lazio region, and this has prompted the...

Arbovirus update

2017Week41ArbovirusReport_10-14-17 For earlier Arbovirus reports click here:  https://lcmcd.com/what-we-do/disease-surveillance CHIKUNGUNYA (12): ASIA (PAKISTAN) ********************************* A ProMED-mail post <http://www.promedmail.org> ProMED-mail is a...

Hurricane Irma’s Impact on Mosquitoes

Hurricane Irma Press Release    For Immediate Release:  09/18/2017 For further information, contact Shelly Redovan, Deputy Director, Education & Communication at (239) 694-2174 or redovan@lcmcd.org   Hurricane Irma’s Impact on Mosquito Populations   Ft....

SLE in California

A mosquito carrying a possibly debilitating virus rarely seen in Northern California has been found in the town of Plumas Lake, 30 mi [approx. 48 km] north of Sacramento, local health officials said on [Mon 7 Aug 2017]. The virus is spread through bites from infected...

AMCA video

How we view our work as proud members of the American Mosquito Control and Florida Mosquito Control...