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Article: West Nile virus climbs in Utah County
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- Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
- Article date:
- August 12, 2005
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OREM -- Three horses and two chickens have tested positive for
West Nile virus in Utah County -- a first for the area, according to
the county health officials.
Though Utah County has discovered the virus in birds in previous
summers, the virus had not yet been detected in horses or humans
until this point, said Dr. Joseph Miner, Utah County Health
Department executive director,
The virus has also been detected in 10 mosquito pools located
around the county.
"We have been expecting this," Utah County Health Department
spokesman Lance Madigan said. "It's something that we prepare for the
best we can, but there's no way to keep mosquitoes 100 percent out of
the county."
The health department ...