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>> THIS JUST IN TO THE KRON
4 NEWS ROOM THERE IS A DELAY
ON THE BART TRACKS. DETAILS
COMING UP.
>> CATHERINE: NEW TONIGHT.
PEOPLE IN MENLO PARK ARE
BEING WARNED ABOUT THE
DISCOVERY OF
MOSQUITOS CARRYING THE
'YELLOW FEVER' VIRUS.
KRON FOUR'S ROB FLADEBOE
TELLS US WHAT'S BEING DONE
ABOUT IT.
>> REPORTER: YOU ARE LOOKING
AT A LIVE ADULT MOSQUITO
KNOWN AS 'AEDIS AEGYPTI,'
NOT NATIVE TO THE BAY AREA.
IT'S ONE OF THREE SUCH
MOSQUITOES TRAPPED HERE AT
HOLY CROSS CEMETERY IN MENLO
PARK. CARRIERS OF YELLOW OR
DENGUE FEVER, NONE HAS
TESTED POSITIVE FOR THE
VIRUS BUT VECTOR CONTROL
SAYS
FOR CONCERN.
THOUGHT TO HAVE ARRIVED ON
FLOWERS OR OTHER PLANT
MATERIAL FROM THE MOSQUITO'S
NATIVE CENTRAL OR SOUTHEAST
ASIA OR FROM ARIZONA OR
TEXAS,
WHERE SIMILAR INFESTATIONS
HAVE OCCURRED ONE THING
SEEMS CLEAR, THE MOSQUITOES
ARE MULTIPLYING AND ON THE
MOVE.
>> THERE HAVE BEEN 20 HOMES
TESTING POSITIVE FOR THESE
MOSQUITOES.
>> REPORTER: NOT SEEN HERE
IN THE BAY AREA FOR 30
YEARS, THESE MOSQUITOES,
WHICH ARE BLACK AND WHITE
BUT ABOUT THE SAME SIZE AS
OTHER MOSQUITOES,
DURING THE DAY. INSECT
REPELLANT AND TIGHT-FITTING
SCREENS ARE TWO WAYS TO
FIGHT BACK.
RESIDENTS CAN HELP THE BODY
GETTING RID OF STANDING
WATER ROB FLADEBOE, KRON 4
NEWS.
>> ACCORDING TO THE C-D-C.
HUMANS GET YELLOW FEVER WHEN
A MOSQUITO THAT'S INFECTED
WITH IT BITES THEM.
MOST PEOPLE INFECTED WITH
THE VIRUS HAVE NO SYMPTOMS
OR ONLY MILD SYMPTOMS.
THOSE CAN INCLUDE FEVER,
CHILLS, SEVERE HEADACHES,
BACK PAIN, NAUSEA, AND
VOMITING, FATIGUE.
ABOUT 15 PERCENT OF PEOPLE
DEVELOP SEVERE SYMPTOMS,
WHICH CAN INCLUDE HIGH
FEVER, JAUNDICE, BLEEDING,
ORGAN FAILURE.
OF THE 15 PERCENT WHO
DEVELOP SEVERE SYMPTOMS,
HALF OF THOSE PATIENTS DIE.
THERE'S NO SPECIFIC
TREATMENT.
NO HUMANS HAVE BEEN INFECTED
IN THE BAY AREA.BUT
OFFICALS SAY MOSQUITOS
CARRYING YELLOW FEVER HAVE