Here's something, a yellow fever infected mosquito has been caught in Kern County, California.



Two rare mosquito-borne illnesses have been diagnosed in Kern County, and an infected mosquito has been located, the Kern County Department of Public Health said Friday.

One Kern resident has yellow fever and another has dengue fever, Spokesperson Kim Rodriguez said, but both contracted the diseases outside Kern County.

However, she said, a mosquito carrying yellow fever has been found in Kern County by the Kern County Vector Mosquito Control District.

This mosquito is not native to California. According to Kern County Public Health it is known to carry diseases such as dengue, yellow fever and chikungunya.

The discovery of that mosquito means there is a risk area residents could contract those diseases locally.

Kern County Public Health describes the yellow fever mosquito as small, dark with white markings. The county said it is often active at dawn and dusk and often bites during the day and indoors.

luckily i had the yellow fever vaccine last year. dengue fever, well, who knows. please keep those skeeters in the south end of the valley!!

we see a good number of cases of dengue and yellow fever here in south texas. all are either from illegals or people who went south for a longer time and came back with it. even though we are just across the river from mexico with its endemic cases, the mosquito control effort on our side helps prevent cases here. dengue is also known as "bone break" fever due to the excruciating pain involved.