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Four Mosquito Samples Test Positive for West Nile Virus

 

Four Mosquito Samples Test Positive for West Nile Virus

Suffolk County Health Commissioner Dr. James L. Tomarken announced today that four mosquito samples have tested positive for West Nile virus. The mosquito samples, all Culex pipiens-restuans, were collected on September 22 and September 23 from North Babylon (1), Selden (1), Patchogue (1) and Setauket (1). To date this year, 196 mosquito samples have tested positive for West Nile virus.

 

West Nile virus, first detected in birds and mosquito samples in Suffolk County in 1999 and again each year thereafter, is transmitted to humans by the bite of an infected mosquito. Four humans has tested positive for West Nile virus this year.

 

To report mosquito problems or stagnant pools of water, call the Department of Public Works’ Vector Control Division at 631-852-4270.

To learn more about how mosquitoes are captured and tested for mosquito-borne diseases in Suffolk County, visit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtaO-GkF8Yc

To learn more about how mosquitoes are prepared for West Nile virus testing, visit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebOvsdiln-8

 

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