1.   In response, public health officials have taken steps to educate residents about using repellent, cleaning gutters and emptying birdbaths to eliminate mosquito breeding areas.

2.   The Larvasonic received a patent last October, and deliveries of a unit designed to work in storm drains, a prime mosquito breeding area, began last month.

3.   The Larvasonic received a patent last October, and deliveries of a unit designed to work in storm drains, a prime mosquito breeding area, began in February.

4.   Homeowners can buy the larvae-killing pellets at home and treat mosquito breeding areas on their own property.

5.   Remote sensors on a satellite will be used to pinpoint mosquito breeding areas around cities.