Yolo County Detects 1st West Nile-Positive Mosquito Sample in Madison as Sacramento Reaches 24
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Updated · KCRA Sacramento · Jul 6
Yolo County Detects 1st West Nile-Positive Mosquito Sample in Madison as Sacramento Reaches 24
3 articles · Updated · KCRA Sacramento · Jul 6
Summary
Madison recorded Yolo County’s first West Nile-positive mosquito sample, making Yolo the fourth Northern California county to report virus activity.
Sacramento-Yolo Mosquito and Vector Control District said Yolo also has 2 positive dead birds, while neighboring Sacramento County has 24 positive mosquito samples and 38 positive dead birds.
The detection follows a recent human West Nile case in Sacramento County; the CDC says most infections cause no symptoms, but fewer than 1% turn severe and can lead to hospitalization or death.
The district said it will expand trapping, testing and ground treatments in positive areas, and will start weekly sterile male mosquito releases Tuesday across a 120-acre Rosemont zone to curb invasive Aedes aegypti.