Blue jay carrying West Nile virus is found in Marlborough

[Ian David]

For the first time this summer, a bird carrying West Nile virus has been found in Massachusetts, public health officials announced yesterday. The infected blue jay was detected in Marlborough and tested positive Thursday. No human cases of the mosquito-borne disease have been reported this year in the state. Last year, three people contracted the illness in Massachusetts; all survived
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2007/07/28/blue_jay_carrying_west_nile_virus_is_found/?rss_id=Boston+Globe+--+City%2FRegion+News

[mother earth]

1. I've heard this a sizeable increase in people across the US

getting WNV, sometimes mild forms of it, but that doesn't give me comfort.