# Dengue fever is rare in L.A. That could start to change because of climate change

- Link: https://www.widthness.com/dengue-fever-is-rare-in-l-a-that-could-start-to-change-because-of-climate-change/
- Published: 2024-10-29T09:15:32-05:00
- Author: Curated by John Wysocki

Photo caption: Aedes aegypti mosquitoes have spread into Southern California in the past decade, likely introduced from the U.S. Southeast, where technicians photographed these mosquitoes trapped on a sticky pad. […] Photo credit: John Moore / Getty Images. Article by Alejandra Borunda. NPR – October 22, 2024. Manuel Lara is hunting for mosquitos. Lara is a technician with the San Gabriel Valley Vector Control District, an agency in Los Angeles County that works to control the spread of insect- and pest-borne diseases. He’s on the hunt for a particularly aggressive mosquito called Aedes aegypti. […] Click here to view original web page at www.npr.org