For the first time, a neighborhood in East San Jose has mosquitoes that tested positive for the West Nile virus and Santa Clara County plans to treat the area with pesticides on Friday, officials said.
A 49-year-old woman has been infected with West Nile virus, Contra Costa County's first human case of the virus this year, county officials confirmed Thursday.
More birds infected with West Nile virus have been found in hot spots throughout Contra Costa County, the Contra Costa Mosquito and Vector Control District reported Tuesday.
A mosquito sample collected in Oakley has tested positive for West Nile virus, the first such sample to test positive for the virus this year in Contra Costa County, a spokeswoman for the county's mosquito district said today.
Two animals in San Mateo County were found to be carrying West Nile Virus last month, the county's Mosquito and Vector Control District reported in a statement.