{"id":2988,"date":"2016-05-25T08:15:09","date_gmt":"2016-05-25T12:15:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=2988"},"modified":"2016-05-25T08:15:09","modified_gmt":"2016-05-25T12:15:09","slug":"mosquito-hunters-set-traps-across-houston-search-for-signs-of-zika","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=2988","title":{"rendered":"Mosquito Hunters Set Traps Across Houston, Search For Signs Of Zika"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By Carrie Feibel, Houston Public Media for Kaiser Health News)<\/p>\n<p>Mosquito control is serious business in Harris County, Texas.<\/p>\n<p>The county, which includes Houston, stretches across 1,777 square miles and is the third most populous county in the U.S. The area\u2019s warm, muggy climate and snaking system of bayous provide an ideal habitat for mosquitoes \u2014 and the diseases they carry.<\/p>\n<p>The county began battling mosquitoes in earnest in 1965, after an <a href=\"http:\/\/jama.jamanetwork.com\/article.aspx?articleid=656065\" target=\"_blank\">outbreak<\/a> of St. Louis encephalitis. Hundreds of people contracted the virus and 32 died. <a href=\"http:\/\/khn.org\/news\/mosquito-hunters-set-traps-across-houston-search-for-signs-of-zika\/?utm_campaign=KHN%3A+First+Edition&amp;utm_source=hs_email&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=29927204&amp;_hsenc=p2ANqtz--t8B7S-7604bHZIlAHKXJqP6bDpxsdzkR8EfcE_pDMi50yYgaMPS-Ic4LNH4MWvLz3W4-OrvqrvAbhlEE389NyNvW4Nw&amp;_hsmi=29927204\" target=\"_blank\">Read article here&#8230;..<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font: 15px\/1.6 'Open Sans', serif; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; outline: 0px; border: 0px currentColor; color: #444444; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: normal; widows: 1; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: inherit; background-color: #ffffff; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\">Kaiser Health News\u00a0is\u00a0a nonprofit national health policy news service that is part of the nonpartisan Henry J. 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