1410 WIZM

We have all heard of west nile virus and what it can do if your bitten my an infected mosquito...make you very sick. But just when pest control officers thought they had found where infected moquitos breed to help control the populations, another virus strain has been found.  Dave Geske, Vector Control Officer.

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West Nile virus is spread to humans through the bite of an infected mosquito. Mosquitoes acquire the virus by feeding on infected birds.