part has fast-track -- dart has fast-track project. ground spring ended today and it would all during the day, it is one way they target the zika virus and how it is different from when they spray for west nile. let's get you some details on
that. we are alive with the city's steps to prevent virus.reporter: the city without treating 22 homes in this neighborhood. they were targeting areas where they have a lot of shrubs and trees, areas where mosquitoes
cabrini. all the spray has been people parties after learning a neighbor came home for puerto rico with the virus. i was worried and shocked because i hadn't heard anything about zika being in texas at all , let alone in my neighborhood.
reporter: firefighters went door-to-door to tell people hear a person with zika within a neighborhood in the city needed permission to spray their property. i wanted them to spray in my bushes to protect my dogs and roommates.
reporter: the mosquito that transmits zika is different than west nile, they be friday and do not chapel very far. so rather than a chunk missing the entire neighborhood, people love but spray shrubs, cardiff, and high grass. the goal is to prevent a
mosquito from body to zika patient and transmitting the virus to someone else. it is a much more targeted and focus ability to respond to bury small -- very small differences. reporter: and it allows chapman to feel a little more
at ease. i guess i haven't really been outside since i heard the zika was in the neighborhood. just for fear of being bitten. reporter: health officials say the size of spring is safer because it is localized. they also put out a lover --
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