Mosquito carrying West Nile Virus It reached one of the highest recorded numbers in Minnesota in July, and authorities have warned citizens to stay at dusk and dawn.
Bloody bug According to the Metropolitan Mosquito Control District (MMCD), all seven counties in the Minneapolis Saint Paul Metropolitan area tested positive for the disease.
MMCD ecologists have processed nearly 200 mosquito pools and found that Culex Tarsalis mosquitoes, the most criticized species for spreading the West Nile virus, are “active at the highest number” ever recorded. Fox 9 Minneapolis-St. pole.
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Of the 133 pools tested, 34 tested positive virusshowing a positive rate of over 25%, reported MMCD.
This rate was one of the highest recorded in July, consistent with the number seen in late August when mosquito populations collapsed.
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Positive West Nile virus samples were also found in mosquitoes from other states, including Georgia. The Atlanta area.
The city is working to adjust insect controls, but officials have asked residents near the affected area to protect themselves from bites and eliminate standing water to prevent mosquito breeding.
West Nile virus is a mosquito-borne disease that can cause encephalitis or inflammation of the brain. Minnesota Department of Health (MDH).
The virus, which occurs between mosquitoes and birds in Africa and Europe, sent nearly 60 people to hospitals in 1999 over two months in New York outbreak.
Most patients had clinical signs of brain swelling, and seven patients died, according to a report by the National Institutes of Health.
The disease can be more harmful to older patients and weakened patients, but MDH officials said most people who have been bitten by infected mosquitoes experience mild symptoms or have never experienced any.
