Spraying Scheduled After Increase in West Nile Virus Activity
Clarke Mosquito Control will conduct spray treatment Wednesday, July 25 in Wheaton.
West Nile virus activity in mosquitoes continues to increase in Illinois, causing mosquito control workers concern about human infections, even though none have been reported in Illinois this year, according to a press release from the City of Wheaton. According to an interactive map displaying incidents of positive and negative findngs of West Nile Virus in the area, the virus was found in some mosquitoes trapped in Wheaton last week. The DuPage County Health Department reported in May finding the first mosquitoes carrying the virus, the finding came earlier than in the previous year. The warm weather earlier in the year was attributed as one reason for the early finding. Low rainfall in the Wheaton Mosquito Abatement District prevented …
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James L
2:45 am on Thursday, August 2, 2012
Issue #1-So they know in May that West Nile Virus is found, but my neighborhood in WC takes 2 months before they spray it, a day before it rains. Issue #2-So no one has reported West Nile infections, so lets just spray even though its been the third hottest summer and one of the dryest on record. We have plenty of tax dollars to pay for it. I have had West Nile, one mosquitoe bite that year, … more ›