A mosquito pattern has examined optimistic for West Nile virus in Will County, making it the third such batch within the county to check optimistic for the virus this 12 months. This most up-to-date pattern was collected from a entice close to the Sunny Hill Nursing Home in southwest suburban Joliet, the Will County Health Department mentioned. The first two have been collected within the southwest suburbs of Manhattan and Plainfield. Will County joins DuPage and Cook Counties as people who have discovered mosquitoes that examined optimistic for West Nile this 12 months, WCHD mentioned. No human circumstances have been reported in Illinois thus far. In 2018, 4 human circumstances have been reported in Will County
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First mosquitoes of 2019 check constructive for West Nile virus
The Illinois Department of Public Health confirmed Friday that a number of mosquitoes collected in west suburban Wayne have examined constructive for West Nile virus. The mosquitoes had been collected Tuesday by the DuPage County Health Department, IDPH stated, making them the primary mosquitoes to check constructive for the virus this yr. In 2018, 74 counties in Illinois reported constructive outcomes for West Nile virus in a mosquito, chook or human, IDPH stated. 176 human circumstances — which are sometimes underreported — had been confirmed constructive final yr, 17 of which resulted in loss of life. “The recent rains are leaving many pools of water behind, not only in sewer systems under streets and drainage