According to the Office of Mosquito Control Coordination in the state Department of Environmental Protection, a number of mosquitoes have tested positive for West Nile virus.
This is not unusual; especially as the summer progresses, rains and heat combine to create nesting pools for mosquitoes to propagate.
The West Nile virus, eastern equine encephalitis, and St. Louis encephalitis carried by some New Jersey mosquitoes can cause high fevers, brain swelling and meningitis.
Thus far, there have not been any cases reported this summer.
The Office of Mosquito Control Coordination reported that mosquito pools in six counties have tested positive for West Nile, primarily in the Northwestern regions of New Jersey.
Typically, such cases occur sometime in later August, early September.
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