State reports eight more towns with West Nile-positive mosquitoes

The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station has identified West Nile virus-infected mosquitoes in eight new towns — Bethany, Franklin, Greenwich, Madison, New Haven, Waterford, West Haven, and Weston. The mosquitoes were trapped from July 12 to July 19. Previously, West Nile-positive mosquitoes were already identified in Bridgeport, Darien, Easton, New Canaan, Stamford, Stratford, and Waterbury. “We are seeing a major expansion and build-up of West Nile virus in the mosquito population” said Dr. Philip Armstrong, medical entomologist at the CAES in a news release. “We are also detecting the virus in human-biting mosquitoes comparatively early in the season, which substantially increases the risk of infection.

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