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ATLANTA<\/span>,\u00a0May 7, 2018<\/span>\u00a0\/PRNewswire\/ — For the fifth year in a row, the\u00a0Atlanta<\/span>\u00a0area tops pest control leader Orkin’s Top 50 Mosquito Cities list, released today.\u00a0Atlanta<\/span>\u00a0is followed on the list by\u00a0Dallas<\/span>, which jumped four spots from last year,\u00a0New York<\/span>\u00a0and\u00a0Washington, D.C.<\/span>\u00a0Texas<\/span>\u00a0holds the most spots on this year’s list with seven cities, followed by\u00a0Florida<\/span>\u00a0and\u00a0Louisiana<\/span>\u00a0with four cities each.<\/p>\n

“Mosquitoes continue to be a major health concern, especially in the summer months,” said Orkin entomologist,\u00a0Chelle Hartzer<\/span>. “According to the CDC<\/a>, vector-borne diseases like Zika virus and West Nile virus have tripled since 2004. These mosquito-borne diseases may have serious side effects.”<\/p>\n

Mosquito season starts when Spring temperatures arrive, and they are most active in temperatures above 80 degrees. Breeding season is usually July through September, while peak West Nile virus season is usually not until late August through September or even October in some areas. Temperatures need to be around freezing before mosquitoes will start to die off for the winter.<\/p>\n

Orkin’s Top 50 Mosquito Cities list ranks metro areas by the number of new mosquito customers served from\u00a0April 1, 2017<\/span>\u00a0to\u00a0March 31, 2018<\/span>. The list includes both residential and commercial treatments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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1. Atlanta<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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26. Albany-Schenectady-Troy, N.Y. (+8)\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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2. Dallas-Ft. Worth, Texas (+4)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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27. Lafayette, La. (+5)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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3.New York (+1)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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28. Baton Rouge, La. (+12)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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4. Washington, D.C. (-2)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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29. New Orleans, La. (-2)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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5. Chicago (-2)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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30. Richmond-Petersburg, Va. (-7)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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6. St. Louis, Mo. (+20)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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31. Greenville-Spartanburg, S.C., Asheville, N.C (-9)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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7.Houston<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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32. Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minn. (-2)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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8. Miami-Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. (-3)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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33. Boston (-14)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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ATLANTA,\u00a0May 7, 2018\u00a0\/PRNewswire\/ — For the fifth year in a row, the\u00a0Atlanta\u00a0area tops pest control leader Orkin’s Top 50 Mosquito Cities list, released today.\u00a0Atlanta\u00a0is followed on the list by\u00a0Dallas, which jumped four spots from last year,\u00a0New York\u00a0and\u00a0Washington, D.C.\u00a0Texas\u00a0holds the most spots on this year’s list with seven cities, followed by\u00a0Florida\u00a0and\u00a0Louisiana\u00a0with four cities each. “Mosquitoes continue […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[519],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-362192","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-newswire"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362192","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=362192"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362192\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=362192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=362192"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=362192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}