Now that the mosquitoes are out and biting with gusto, the city of Concord is biting back. Gene Blake, the city's health officer, issued detailed guidelines yesterday to help people avoid mosquitoes, which may carry the potentially dangerous West Nile virus. The virus has not appeared in the Concord region, but it turned up in a handful of infected birds in southern New Hampshire last year. There have been no known human cases of the disease in the state. It is rarely fatal, but was responsible for seven deaths when it appeared in the New York City area two years ago.
Mosquitoes can develop in any standing water that lasts more than four days.
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