West Nile Virus (same mosquito can carry Zika) in Sacramento CA

Created June 2016

West Nile Virus cases spike in Sacramento County June 18

  • “. . . the virus was found in dead birds and 16 cases where it was found in mosquito samples”

  • “. . the increased rain, combined with heat, is the perfect breeding ground for the virus-carrying mosquitoes.”

  • “At this time, no human cases have been detected in Sacramento and Yolo counties.”

  • “in 2015, there were 783 human cases and 53 deaths .”

    • Sacramento? California?, US?

    See also VitaminDWiki

  • A zika-like virus killed 10 percent of those in America’s capital, Philadelphia Yellow Fever

  • Zika mosquito maps - US for past 11 years

    • The following map shows that mosquito has not been there in the past 11 years

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Tags: Virus