Gert van der Hoek
In Memoriam - Editor, Senior Moderator
West Nile found in crow
July 27, 2011
A dead crow found in the area of London's Trafalgar and Hale roundabout has tested positive for West Nile virus.
"Finding a West-Nile positive crow is a reminder that the disease is present in our community and that we need to take steps to protect our families and ourselves from mosquito bites," said Andrew Powell, public health inspector with the Middlesex-London Health Unit.
"We're calling on the public to let us know when they find dead crows or blue jays, as happened in this case, so that we can determine whether mosquitoes in our area are carrying West Nile virus."
Due to the heavy rain in the spring and early summer, the health unit put larvacides in more than 230 pools of standing water on public property and a contractor dropped larvicide tablets into municipal catch basins.
There were no cases of people infected with West Nile in London last year, although the virus was found in mosquito traps and two dead birds tested positive.
lfpress
thanks to Krisztian Magori
July 27, 2011
A dead crow found in the area of London's Trafalgar and Hale roundabout has tested positive for West Nile virus.
"Finding a West-Nile positive crow is a reminder that the disease is present in our community and that we need to take steps to protect our families and ourselves from mosquito bites," said Andrew Powell, public health inspector with the Middlesex-London Health Unit.
"We're calling on the public to let us know when they find dead crows or blue jays, as happened in this case, so that we can determine whether mosquitoes in our area are carrying West Nile virus."
Due to the heavy rain in the spring and early summer, the health unit put larvacides in more than 230 pools of standing water on public property and a contractor dropped larvicide tablets into municipal catch basins.
There were no cases of people infected with West Nile in London last year, although the virus was found in mosquito traps and two dead birds tested positive.
lfpress
thanks to Krisztian Magori