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Mosquitoes Test Positive For West Nile Virus In Fairfield County Mosquitoes Test Positive For West Nile Virus In Fairfield County
Mosquitoes Test Positive For West Nile Virus In Fairfield County An advisory has been issued in Fairfield County after there were new mosquito samples that tested positive for West Nile Virus in Stamford. The Connecticut State Mosquito Management Program announced that mosquitos trapped in Stamford on Thursday, July 16 tested positive for the virus, prompting them to take action. Following the positive samples, Stamford’s Department of Health began larviciding catch basins in the area to control the mosquito population, in addition to the larviciding the department has conducted since June to preemptively control the local mosquito population. West Nil…