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Mosquito season and West Nile virus continues in Nevada. Nevada usually sees WNV cases around mid-June through October. Thus far this year, six human cases have been reported in Churchill County. Statewide, Nevada has seen a total of 10 cases in 2016.

Health officials have confirmed another positive identification of West Nile Virus in mosquitos in northern Nevada.  The Animal Diseases Laboratory received a positive collection of West Nile Virus in adult mosquitoes in Washoe Valley north of Bellevue Road on Monday afternoon. The Washoe County Health District says they will be insecticide fogging early Tuesday morning with surveillance trapping to determine if the virus  persists and additional f...

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This has been the wettest winter we've had in years and while that's great for our water levels, it could also mean a bumper crop of mosquitoes this summer.