West Nile Virus In Cascade County

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West Nile Virus In Cascade County

By KFBB News Team

Story Published: Jul 20, 2008 at 11:22 PM MDT

Story Updated: Jul 20, 2008 at 11:22 PM MDT

So far this summer all that itching and scratching has been pretty innocent but now the mosquitoes carrying the West Nile Disease have become active.
West Nile is a bird disease that came to the United States in 1999. When a mosquito bites an infected bird, it goes into its body, the virus grows and tranfers into its saliva glands. When that same mosquito bites a human they too can get infected.

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