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FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – A idiosyncratic is dormant aft contracting West Nile Virus (WNV) successful Fresno County, the section of nationalist wellness announced Monday.
According to the WNV incidence study for 2025, this is the state's 3rd decease related to WNV.
A full of 43 radical person been infected passim the authorities truthful acold this year. On June 23, the Tulare County Public Health Department reported a antheral had died aft contracting the virus successful Tulare County.
While lone 8 cases person been reported successful Fresno County since Aug. 8, the region says that it expects to spot much infections arsenic the mosquito play tin past done the extremity of October.
To trim the hazard of contracting West Nile Virus, residents are urged to:
- Apply EPA-registered insect repellents that incorporate DEET, picaridin, lipid of citrus eucalyptus, oregon IR 3535, particularly astatine dawn and dusk erstwhile mosquitoes are astir active.
- Make definite that doors and windows person tight-fitting screens to support retired mosquitoes, and repair oregon regenerate screens that person holes.
- Eliminate lasting h2o and containers that tin clasp h2o from astir the home.
- Contact mosquito abatement districts to study poorly maintained swimming pools oregon h2o features that look green.
Residents tin report mosquito issues, lasting water, and different areas wherever mosquitoes breed, specified arsenic neglected swimming pools, to their section mosquito power district. To find your section mosquito power district, click here.
The assemblage is besides encouraged to study dormant birds, arsenic they tin transportation WNV and infect the mosquitoes that wound them. Residents tin study sightings of dormant birds to the West Nile Virus Call Center astatine 1-877-WNV-BIRD (1-877-968-2473) oregon taxable a study online at westnile.ca.gov/report.
