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Article: More animals found with West Nile in East Contra Costa County

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September 1, 2009
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Five more dead birds and a chicken have tested positive for West Nile virus in East Contra Costa County, the Contra Costa Mosquito and Vector Control District reported.

Dead birds were found in Antioch, Brentwood, Byron, Discovery Bay and Oakley, and the chicken was located in Oakley.

So far this year, the district has identified 17 groups of mosquitoes, 24 dead birds and two sentinel chickens. According to the county health department's Web site, there have been three human cases of West Nile virus in the ...

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