West Nile virus flying through many Florida and Georgia counties on mosquito wings
As rain continues to fall, creating ideal breeding ground for mosquitoes, more cases of West Nile virus are cropping up throughout Florida and Georgia, according to state health officials.
A mosquito-borne illness alert was issued Monday for Jacksonville by the Duval County Health Department after four additional human cases of West Nile virus illness were confirmed - a 46-, 60- and 61-year-old male and a 70-year-old woman. Duval County now has nine confirmed cases of West Nile virus in 2012. State health officials confirm that 13 sentinel chickens in Bay, Duval, Sarasota, and Walton counties tested positive for antibodies to West Nile virus. And so far this year, positive samples from nine humans and 83 sentinel chickens have been received from 13 Florida counties.
Along with Duval County, Holmes, St. Johns, Walton, and Washington counties are under mosquito-borne illness advisories.
Because of recent heavy rains, mosquitoes are breeding and multiplying in standing water. So county health department are warning the public to destroy any place that mosquitoes, which carry the virus, breed and multiply.
Symptoms of West Nile virus include headache, fever, fatigue, dizziness, weakness and confusion.
For more information, go to ow.ly/cN765 or call the Duval County Health Department at (904) 253-1850.
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