Hospital and Medical News

July 24, 2015

Mowing dry detention basins makes mosquito problems worse, team finds
Urbana IL (SPX) Jul 24, 2015
A study of the West Nile virus risk associated with "dry" water-detention basins in Central Illinois took an unexpected turn when land managers started mowing the basins. The mowing of wetland plants in basins that failed to drain properly led to a boom in populations of Culex pipiens mosquitoes, which can carry and transmit the deadly virus, researchers report. A paper describing their findings is in press in the journal Ecological Applications. The team, led by University of Illinois postd ... read more

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