Health officials offer the following tips for preventing mosquito bites:Wear protective clothing, such as loose-fitting, long-sleeved shirts and pants.Apply insect repellents to exposed skin and clothing.Control mosquitoes inside and outside by repairing damaged screening on windows and doors, and draining standing water from garbage cans, buckets, pool covers, coolers, toys, flowerpots, or any other containers.
Hillsborough, Miami-Dade and Pinellas counties have issued mosquito-borne illness alerts, while Alachua, Leon, Palm Beach and Pasco counties issued an advisory this summer.
One human case of West Nile Virus was reported in Alachua in July, while the disease was confirmed in sentinel chickens in Alachua, Leon, Pasco, Pinellas and Walton counties in recent weeks.