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 | | The best system to monitor for EEE is to: 1) monitor the population levels of the important mosquitoes, C. melanura, cokes, and man-biting Aedes, 2) test these same species for virus, 3) test native song birds for antibodies to EEE virus, and 4) establish a system to rapidly detect horse cases near the swamps. |
 | | Since EEE activity in a county during any given year can be limited to a single swamp among many, it is necessary to monitor these factors in all C. melanura breeding swamps. |
 | | Aborting the threat of an EEE outbreak, or an outbreak itself, is most easily done by an aerial application of insecticide to kill adult C. melanura, cokes, and man-biting Aedes. |
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