Martinez, Calif. (KCBS) -- The mosquito activity is no where near what it was during the summer months, but Carlos Sanabria, operations manager at the Contra Costa Mosquito & Vector Control District, says his people are still setting traps and conducting surveillance just in case West Nile Virus mosquitoes have yet to disappear for the year.
“I don’t forsee any fogging for West Nile mosquitoes for the balance of the year. Surveillance continues [and] I think we’re always vigilant for that.”
Four human infections were reported this year, three of them in east Contra Costa. Sanabria says his agency stopped fogging for West Nile Virus at the beginning of October last year.
KCBS’ Dave Padilla reports
“It would be a surprise, really, to find infected mosquitoes. However, we still are testing birds.”
Birds, however, did not transmit the virus to humans; mosquitoes do. Sanabria says once the region is hit with a blanket of frost, the West Nile Virus season will be officially over for now.
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