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2. Icaridin - Wikipedia

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   Consumer Reports retests in 2006 gave as result that a 7% solution of icaridin offered little or no protection against Aedes mosquitoes (vector of dengue fever) and a protection time of about 2.5 hours against Culex (vector of West Nile virus), while a 15% solution was good for about one hour against Aedes and 4.8 hours against Culex. [17]

3. O.C. mosquito samples are West Nile-positive; that's not the ...

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   They were the first mosquito samples to test positive for the virus this year in Orange County, but according to the state Department of Public Health, 20 of California's 58 counties have ...

4. Mosquito season is upon us. So why are Southern California ...

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   With the sterile-insect program, "the biggest hurdle we're up against really is scalability," said Susanne Kluh, general manager of the L.A. County district, which is responsible for nearly 6 ...

5. Local elimination of mosquitoes is possible. Here’s why we ...

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   These insects have been nibbling on us since our earliest days. And with those bites came a plethora of diseases from viruses and parasites hitching a ride, everything from malaria to West Nile ...

6. Insect repellent - Wikipedia

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   Synthetic repellents tend to be more effective and/or longer lasting than "natural" repellents. [1] [2]For protection against ticks and mosquito bites, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) recommends DEET, icaridin (picaridin, KBR 3023), oil of lemon eucalyptus (OLE), para-menthane-diol (PMD), IR3535 and 2-undecanone with the caveat that higher percentages of the active ingredient ...

7. Santa Clara County Public Health Department - Wikipedia

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   The Santa Clara County Public Health Department (abbreviated SCCPHD; also known as Santa Clara County Public Health or the County of Santa Clara Public Health Department) is the public health agency for Santa Clara County, California, part of the Santa Clara County Health System.