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Trumbull Mosquitos Have West Nile Virus

But no Connecticut residents have been officially diagnosed with the virus this year.

The State Mosquito Management Program announced last Thursday that mosquitoes trapped in Trumbull on Aug. 1 tested positive for West Nile virus, according to a press release.

"These results represent the first positive mosquitoes identified in Trumbull by the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station (CAES) this year," the state reported on its website.

In 2011, WNV-positive mosquitoes have been trapped in Bridgeport, Danbury, Darien, Easton, Fairfield, Greenwich, Hamden, Litchfield, New Britain, New Canaan, Orange, Stamford, Stratford, Trumbull, Westport, and Woodbridge.

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"No Connecticut residents have been identified with illnesses related to WNV infections this year. In 2010, WNV-positive mosquitoes were trapped in 24 municipalities with eleven reported human cases," the release states. 

"West Nile virus activity in mosquitoes is intensifying rapidly throughout southwestern Connecticut and expanding into other areas of the State", said Dr. Theodore G. Andreadis, Chief Medical entomologist of the CAES. "With recent rainfall and hot weather, we anticipate further build-up with increasing risk for human infection in these regions."

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For information on West Nile virus and what you can do to prevent getting bitten by mosquitoes, visit the Connecticut Mosquito Management Program Web site atwww.ct.gov/mosquito.


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