Currently, data show the risk level for West Nile virus infection is very low for humans. The vector index measurement of the number of infected Culex mosquitoes currently stands at 0.27 ...

Six types of mosquitoes are found in California, but only the Culex mosquito can carry West Nile virus. Vector control agencies try to eliminate public breeding sites in gutters, underground storm ...

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“Culex tarsalis, the primary mosquito carrier of West Nile virus in Minnesota, was at low levels earlier this summer when weather was cooler than normal, but its numbers have begun to rise with ...

A West Nile outbreak occurred in 2019, when 34 neuroinvasive cases and two virus-caused deaths ... daytime biters. Culex quinquefasciatus, the most-trapped mosquito species in the area and the ...

The health department said the Shelby County resident traveled outside of the country to an area where mosquitoes are endemic ...

West Nile virus has been identified in more than 300 different bird species. Numerous mosquito species have been found to carry WNV, although bird feeding Culex species are the most responsible ...

By contrast, she said, mosquitoes belonging to the Culex family are associated with the spread of West Nile virus, which has been in Pennsylvania since 2000. The virus was discovered in 1927 in ...

The mosquito-borne disease has spread across the continent, killing five people in Spain and 12 others in Greece last year (Picture: Shutterstock/Zidan Basory) The deadly West Nile virus which has ...

The County of Santa Clara Vector Control District confirmed Thursday there is a population of West Nile virus-positive mosquitoes in Palo Alto, after one county resident died from the virus in ...

Among these pesky fliers is the Northern House Mosquito, Culex pipiens, which can spread West Nile Virus and St. Louis encephalitis in humans, as well as avian malaria in birds and heartworm ...