The city is applying pesticide to reduce the threat of the West Nile virus. To minimize exposure to the pesticide, please go indoors immediately until the trucks have passed.
Late summer is peak mosquito season, and exactly 25 years ago, West Nile first appeared in the Western Hemisphere in New York City before it spread across North America.
Health officials have adapted to spraying pesticides to kill off Culex mosquitoes before they can infect people with the virus, but warming temperatures make it easier for mosquitoes to multiply.
On a given summer's day, the city Department of Health and Mental Hygiene has at least 50 traps in place across the five boroughs. Each trap catches up to 1,000 mosquitoes.
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