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First Mosquito Pool Of Season Tests Positive For West Nile Virus In Milford
The first pool of mosquitos trapped by the State of Connecticut Mosquito Management Program (MMP) has tested positive for West Nile Virus, officials announced. According to the MMP, mosquitoes trapped in Milford on Monday, June 21 tested positive for the virus, marking the first confirmed case of West Nile found in Connecticut this summer. Last year, the West Nile Virus was found in 13 mosquito pools in 21 Connecticut communities. “The West Nile virus season has begun with the first detection of virus in mosquitoes," Dr. Philip Armstrong, a medical entomologist at the Connecticut Agricul…
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Three CT Residents Test Positive For West Nile Virus
Three new West Nile virus cases have been detected by the Connecticut Department of Public Health according to a press release the agency issued on Wednesday, Sept. 9, bringing the state's season total to four human cases. Two of the patients that fell ill in the second week of August, both between the ages of 20 and 39, are recovering in Danbury and Newtown respectively. One of these patients experienced a severe headache and fever, while the second is recovering from West Nile encephalitis, which is swelling in the brain caused by the West Nile virus. The third patient, in hi…