West Nile Virus Gains Foothold in Southern California

RIALTO, CA - JULY 1: Dechenne Cecil, a vector control technician with San Bernardino County, collects mosquitoes from an insect trap in an effort to identify "hot spots" for mosquitoes carrying West Nile Virus on July 1, 2004 in Rialto, California. The virus has gained a foothold in southern California's bird population unseasonably early as it moves into the region. West Nile can be transmitted from crows and other birds to humans and animals, including horses, through several varieties of female mosquitoes. Six of the eight people infected with the virus this year in California live in nearby Fontana, including five members of the same family. The disease first appeared in the United States in 1999 in New York and has since expanded westward, killing more than 560 people in the past five years. (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images)
RIALTO, CA - JULY 1: Dechenne Cecil, a vector control technician with San Bernardino County, collects mosquitoes from an insect trap in an effort to identify "hot spots" for mosquitoes carrying West Nile Virus on July 1, 2004 in Rialto, California. The virus has gained a foothold in southern California's bird population unseasonably early as it moves into the region. West Nile can be transmitted from crows and other birds to humans and animals, including horses, through several varieties of female mosquitoes. Six of the eight people infected with the virus this year in California live in nearby Fontana, including five members of the same family. The disease first appeared in the United States in 1999 in New York and has since expanded westward, killing more than 560 people in the past five years. (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images)
West Nile Virus Gains Foothold in Southern California
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