Remove standing water around your home, including in ceramic pots, trash cans, recycling containers, old tires, wading pools, and bird baths.

People should limit time outside during peak dusk and dawn mosquito activity periods. If someone must be outdoors, wear a long-sleeved shirt and pants. If bringing a baby outside, cover the carriage or playpen with mosquito netting. Put screens on windows and doors; fix holes in screens.

Use mosquito repellant containing DEET or Picaridin, or consider oil of lemon eucaplyptus. Repellents should not be used on children younger than 2 months. And oil of eucalyptus should not be used on children who are under 3 years old.

Horse owners are encouraged to vaccinate their animals and keep safeguards in places to prevent mosquito exposure.