The Yolo County Health and Human Services Agency’s Communicable Disease Program has confirmed the first two human cases of West Nile virus in Yolo County for 2024. Both individuals are residents of Woodland and required hospitalization.
The Sacramento-Yolo Mosquito & Vector Control District, in partnership with Yolo County, announced June 13 that the first signs of West Nile virus (WNV) activity have been detected in Yolo County.
From West Sacramento News Ledger...
On June 10, the Sacramento-Yolo Mosquito and Vector Control District confirmed that the first mosquito sample of the season has tested positive for West Nile virus.
On June 10, the Sacramento-Yolo Mosquito and Vector Control District confirmed that the first mosquito sample of the season has tested positive for West Nile virus.
From California Local...
A rainy Labor Day weekend followed by a week of temperatures in the 80s and 90s created perfect breeding conditions for mosquitoes in a season when their population was already exploding. Meanwhile, the record number of insects and birds testing positive for the West Nile Virus continues to spike.
