Dani Carlson and Kyra Jenkins
kmph.com
en California counties have confirmed cases of birds infected with the West Nile Virus. One of those is right here in the Central Valley. That was news to Jose Bettencourt. He and his family found out Wednesday that the West Nile Virus might be in their Southwest Visalia neighborhood. “It’s kind of a scary thing if it’s happening here in this area,” said Bettencourt.
A state lab confirmed Tuesday that a dead crow, found on Chinowith Street, was infected with the deadly virus. According to Delta Vector Control District officials, this is one of the earliest times the virus has ever been found in Visalia. “That means there is active virus transmission in the area,” said Yolanda Laurence, the Assistant Manager for Delta Vector. “If we have infected birds then we probably have infected mosquitoes.” Read more
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