In Summary:
UF/IFAS researchers used a smartphone-based Bite Diary alongside mosquito traps to examine when and where people encountered mosquitoes in Indian River County. They collected 3,788 female mosquitoes from 78 residential yards and unexpectedly found more Aedes aegypti, the primary dengue-transmitting species, than Aedes albopictus. Reported bites were associated with time spent outdoors during evening hours rather than the number of mosquitoes trapped in a yard, and the findings do not establish that dengue was circulating locally.
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