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Home » Press Releases » Dept. of Health Services: First confirmed West Nile virus activity found in Wisconsin this year
DHS urges everyone to protect themselves from mosquito bites The Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) has confirmed the first West Nile virus (WNV) activity in the state this year. A human case of WNV illness has been reported in a resident of Barron County, and mosquitoes collected from Milwaukee and Lafayette Counties have tested positive for WNV. "The first detections of West...