MOODY AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. -- Airman 1st Class Andrea Kearse, 23rd Aeromedical Dental Squadron public health technician, looks over a mosquito for damage and to determine it's sex here June 6. Only female mosquitoes can be sent to a testing facility in Texas where they will be tested for diseases. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Gina Chiaverotti)

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Drying up the mosquitoes

MOODY AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. -- Airman 1st Class Andrea Kearse, 23rd Aeromedical Dental Squadron public health technician, puts dry ice into a mosquito trap here June 4. Dry ice is used to attract the mosquitoes. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Gina Chiaverotti)

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MOODY AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. -- Airman 1st Class Andrea Kearse, 23rd Aeromedical Dental Squadron public health technician, and Staff Sgt. Crystal Mateleska, 23rd AMDS NCO-in-charge of community health, hang a mosquito trap at Mission Lake here June 3. Traps are hung each week at four different locations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Gina Chiaverotti)

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MOODY AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. -- Staff Sgt. Crystal Mateleska, 23rd Aeromedical Dental Squadron NCO-in-charge of community health, puts mosquitoes that were caught in traps on base into a freezer here June 3. The mosquitoes are placed in the freezer over night before they are inspected the next day. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Gina Chiaverotti)

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MOODY AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. -- Staff Sgt. Crystal Mateleska, 23rd Aeromedical Dental Squadron NCO-in-charge of community health, checks for female mosquitoes here June 6. Female mosquitoes are the main carrier of diseases that can be passed to humans when they are bitten. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Gina Chiaverotti)

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Tracking mosquito-born diseases

Published June 6, 2008

Drying up the mosquitoes