Volusia County Mosquito Control is ramping up its fight against the virus-transmitting blood suckers now that there could be a human with the West Nile Virus.

Every day mosquito control workers are doing battle with blood sucking insects by land, air and even going to wetlands to try to kill mosquito adults and larvae.

One worker is counting all the mosquitos captured inside sentinel chicken coops throughout the county. That worker is examining mosquitos captured in Pierson. He is identifying each mosquito and looking for species which carry viruses like West Nile and Eastern Equine Encephalitis.

A Mosquito Control supervisor said EEE and West Nile are everywhere.

"It is endemic. It is in the entire county," said supervisor Susan Bartlett.

The West Nile Virus is rare in humans. However, health officials identified a 34-year-old woman as being the first suspected case of contracting West Nile in more than 10 years in the county.

Both Health and Mosquito Control workers will not say where the woman was bitten. They will say the war on the insect is intensifying where mosquitos affect humans.

"Focus our efforts where we know that there's a particular area that has virus transmissions to humans, where it spills over to the human population," said Bartlett.

Recent rainfall is a double-edged sword. The mosquito population grows with downpours and the battle by air is hampered.

Volusia County mosquito control has two helicopters. But the last time they flew was on Friday. They don't fly in the rain for two reasons: first of all, safety concerns and secondly, the pesticide is diluted by the rain.

Workers try to kill mosquitos in the larvae stage before they evolve and become biting insects. Larvae can only live in water, which is why workers hope the forecast calls for less rain long enough for workers to kill as many potential virus-carrying insects as possible.

"No water, no worries," said a hopeful Bartlett.

Bartlett said people should worry most about females because males do not bite.