Aedes Aegypti Mosquito Found in California

CHULA VISTA, Calif. - A type of mosquito identified for the first time in the San Diego region last October was found again in Chula Vista, the county Department of Environmental Health reported Wednesday.

The Aedes aegypti was found Tuesday in an area of town where traps were set up after last fall's discovery, according to the DEH. Someone who had kept a flier called the agency to report the mosquito, DEH officials said.

The breed was first found at Naval Base San Diego last fall, and soon after at a house in Chula Vista.

The mosquito, which is small and black with white stripes, feeds during the day and prefers to be indoors -- traits different from the kind usually found in the region.

It can carry tropical diseases like yellow fever, dengue fever and chikungunya -- though the DEH cautions that there hasn't been an outbreak of yellow fever in the U.S. in more than 100 years.

Tuesday's find was the first since October and brings the total number of the Aedes aegypti mosquito found in the region to nine, according to the DEH.

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SourceL KUSI.com