West Nile virus found in four municipalities in Schuylkill County, PA

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[FONT=&quot] August 2, 2013

[/FONT]The West Nile virus has been found in four municipalities in Schuylkill County.
The virus was detected July 26 in mosquitoes in Cressona Borough and Butler, Pine Grove and Tremont townships, the state Department of Environmental Protection said Thursday.
This is the first time this year the virus has been found in Schuylkill County. Last year, the virus was detected in the county much earlier, on June 19. Mahanoy Township was the first of 10 municipalities in the county where positive mosquito samples were found in 2012.
The first reported case of the virus in the state this year was in Harbor Creek Township, Erie County, on May 22.


No confirmed human cases of the virus have been reported this year, according to the state's West Nile virus website at PA West Nile Virus Control Program. Two municipalities in the state - Oley Township, Berks County, and Erie City, Erie County - have seen positive tests for the virus in dead birds.

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