Dengue Warning
- James Gathany
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FILE - This 2003 photo provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows a female Aedes albopictus mosquito acquiring a blood meal from a human host. Dengue, a tropical illness caused by a virus, is spread by Aedes mosquitos, a type of warm weather insect that is expanding its geographic reach because of climate change, experts say. (James Gathany/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention via AP, File)
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The Macon County Health Department has received confirmation of the first mosquito batch testing positive for West Nile Virus.
The first human case of West Nile Virus has been reported in Christian County.
TAYLORVILLE, Ill. (WAND) - Christian County has their first West Nile Virus positive mosquit…
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