Mosquito surveys to take place in Jabiru

Northern Territory Centre for Disease Control (CDC) now expects to complete its mosquito breeding survey in Jabiru on 14 and 15th of March.
Two officers from CDC will visit Jabiru to carry out an inspection of residential and commercial premises on 14 and 15th of March to collect mosquito samples for identification.
The Department of Health is asking the community for support by providing access to their backyards as the officers make their way around the area to carry out this important work.
Each year the survey is carried out to confirm the absence of the exotic dengue mosquitoes, Aedes aegypti.
The Northern Territory is currently free of the dengue mosquito, which can transmit dengue fever, chikungunya, yellow fever and Zika virus. However, there is the potential that this mosquito, which is present in North Queensland, could inadvertently be transported into the Northern Territory as eggs in old tyres or other containers. 
In the past the dengue mosquito has twice been transported into Tennant Creek from North Queensland, with elimination programs required to remove this mosquito from the Northern Territory.
Dengue mosquitoes breed in artificial containers in urban backyards. Containers such as used tyres, buckets, drums, rainwater tanks, roof gutters, bird baths and dog water tubs can provide breeding sites for this mosquito.