Eleven more cases of West Nile virus have been reported to the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) this week, bringing the total cases reported this year to 27.
West Nile is transmitted through the bite of a mosquito that has picked up the virus by feeding on an infected bird.
Birds and mosquitoes are tested to see how prevalent the virus is in the environment.
Twenty birds have tested positive in the state so far this year, from Scotts Bluff (3), Hall (2), Wayne (2), Lancaster (4), Douglas (1), Sarpy (2) and Cass (6) counties.
Most of the positive mosquito samples have been found in the western part of the state, with Scotts Bluff having the highest number of positive mosquito samples, with 36 positives. The other counties with positive mosquito samples are Dawes (2), Sheridan (18), Cherry (2), Garden (4), Lincoln, Chase, Dawson (3), Holt (3) and Lancaster.
In addition, one horse from Hall County has been reported to have tested positive for West Nile.
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West Nile is transmitted through the bite of a mosquito that has picked up the virus by feeding on an infected bird.
Birds and mosquitoes are tested to see how prevalent the virus is in the environment.
Twenty birds have tested positive in the state so far this year, from Scotts Bluff (3), Hall (2), Wayne (2), Lancaster (4), Douglas (1), Sarpy (2) and Cass (6) counties.
Most of the positive mosquito samples have been found in the western part of the state, with Scotts Bluff having the highest number of positive mosquito samples, with 36 positives. The other counties with positive mosquito samples are Dawes (2), Sheridan (18), Cherry (2), Garden (4), Lincoln, Chase, Dawson (3), Holt (3) and Lancaster.
In addition, one horse from Hall County has been reported to have tested positive for West Nile.
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