West Nile found in Sonoma County

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'People shouldn’t panic'

West Nile virus has been found for the first time in Sonoma County, in a dead bluejay found on the lawn of a home on Elm Drive in Petaluma.

A Marin county crow, found in Fairfax, has also tested positive for the first time, according to the Marin-Sonoma mosquito control district.

The findings have been anticipated ever since July 22, when dead crows were found nearly simultaneously in six Northern California counties, health officials said.

“People shouldn’t panic. We figured it was here because we had all those discoveries in counties around us,” said Leigh Hall, a health officer with the Sonoma County Department of Health Services.

“It means the same thing as before. People need to be careful about being bit by mosquitoes.”


http://www1.pressdemocrat.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20040805/NEWS/40805004/1033/NEWS01

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1. "West Nile found in Sonoma County"

That must be a very long river. :eyes:

Overly brief newspaper headline writers are sort of a pet peeve of mine.

As to the article, I'd expect West Nile virus to spread all over the world in it's preferred climatic zone sooner or later, given that it can be spread by birds.