West Nile Virus

This is a busy time for scientists at the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, who track human cases of the West Nile Virus, which typically peaks in August and September. “Last year, EEE virus was a big problem in eastern Connecticut but this year it’s all about West Nile Virus,” said Dr. Philip Armstrong, Director of the Trapping and Testing...

Three more people in Connecticut tested positive for West Nile virus.

Three residents of Fairfield County recently tested positive for the West Nile virus, bringing the total number of infections in the state to four for the season, the Department of Public Health announced Wednesday. According to DPH, two of the patients were between the ages of 20-39 and are from Danbury of Newtown. They became ill in the second week…

Mosquitoes in 14 Connecticut towns have tested positive for West Nile virus, according to the latest Mosquito Trapping Report from the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station. Mosquitoes trapped in Bridgeport, Hartford, New Britain, New Haven, Stamford, Wethersfield, Branford, Darien, Greenwich, Guilford, New Canaan, Newington, Norwalk, and Waterbury have all tested positive for the virus. Doctors say West Nile Virus should be…

Connecticut now has its first case of human West Nile Virus infection of 2020.

A Connecticut resident has tested positive for West Nile Virus, marking the first human case in the state this year. State Dept. of Public Health officials said the person who tested positive for West Nile Virus is between 40 and 49 years old and became ill during the second week of July. Authorities said laboratory tests confirmed the presence of…

The state has now trapped 21 mosquitoes this season that have tested positive for West Nile Virus. The number is a large jump from the last report from the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, which last week said only two mosquitoes had tested positive for the virus. The mosquitoes that tested positive for West Nile Virus in the past week were…

A second mosquito trapped in Connecticut has tested positive for West Nile Virus. The mosquito was trapped in Cove Island Park in Stamford on July 16, according to the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station. Earlier in the month, the state trapped a mosquito in Newington that tested positive for West Nile. State experts have trapped more than 105,000 mosquitoes so far…

Connecticut has trapped its first mosquito of the season to test positive for West Nile Virus. The mosquito was trapped on July 8 at Churchill Park in Newington. The state has tested more than 60,000 mosquitoes since mid-June. So far, none have tested positive for Eastern Equine Encephalitis.

With the coronavirus pandemic taking place, health experts do not want residents to forget about the dangers of mosquito season.

State officials say they are seeing a rapid increase in the number of mosquitoes infected with West Nile virus in Connecticut.