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First West Nile Virus Positive Mosquitoes in Northern Illinois Reported Today

SPRINGFIELD, Ill.–(ENEWSPF)–June 29, 2011.  Dr. Damon T. Arnold, state public health director, today announced mosquitoes collected in Cook and Kendall counties are the first positive West Nile virus test results in northern Illinois this year.

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Health department staff collected the positive mosquito samples on June 28, one in Evergreen Park, Cook County, and the other in Oswego, Kendall County. The first positive mosquitoes this year were collected on June 10 in Tazewell County and the…

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