1. Malaria is particularly common near swamps where mosquitoes can breed. 2. Mosquitoes breed in stagnant pools of water. 3. But he stressed that mosquitoes can breed in tiny amounts of water in containers that could be transported in many ways, such as air and highway travel. 4. Faced with their contaminated well and the standing pools of water where malarial mosquitoes could breed, Castellon and other villagers are bracing for that possibility. 5. He said it was particularly important for the public to become involved, eliminating stagnant water where the mosquitoes breed. 6. Mosquitoes breed in temperate, standing water. 7. Normally, dengue is an urban disease, especially common in poor areas where stagnant pools of unattended water allow mosquitoes to breed. 8. Normally, dengue is an urban disease, especially in poor areas where stagnant pools of water allow mosquitoes to breed. 9. Residents were urged to protect themselves and pets against mosquitoes, and empty any outdoor containers filled with water because mosquitoes breed around stagnant water. 10. The county used an airplane to spray vast areas of the county that held standing water, where mosquitoes breed. |