Public health flight keeps Keesler safe, clean
Public health technicians Airmen 1st Class Mark Landry, left, and Terrance Hill from public health’s entomology element complete assembly of a mosquito trap in a tree behind the 81st Medical Group Hospital Sept. 28. The red canister contains dry ice. Mosquitoes are attracted to the carbon dioxide in the dry ice. Once the insects land on the top of the net, a fan sucks them into it and traps them. Traps are placed in shaded areas around the base including housing areas. The traps are left out overnight and specimens collected in the morning. The mosquitoes are sent to a laboratory at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, to determine what type they are and if they can carry diseases, such as West Nile virus. (U.S. Air Force photo by Steve Pivnick)
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