From Gold Country Media
June 7, 2022
The Placer Mosquito and Vector Control District encourages area residents to prepare now for West Nile virus season by protecting themselves from potential mosquito bites.
With no cure available, West Nile virus is a serious and potentially fatal illness transmitted through the bite of a female mosquito.
Although West Nile Virus has not yet been detected in Placer County this season, the district’s public information officer Meagan Luevano said, the virus has been detected in Yolo and Sacramento counties.
A dead bird that tested positive for West Nile virus was found two weeks ago in Davis and a positive pool of mosquitoes was found last week in Carmichael, according to Luevano..
“The detections are super close to us,” Luevano said. “These detections are not that much earlier than our detections last season. Our first West Nile virus positive mosquito sample was June 23 last year.”
Placer County had one human case of the virus last year.