{"id":352097,"date":"2026-06-08T21:11:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T21:11:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/352097\/"},"modified":"2026-06-08T21:11:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T21:11:08","slug":"west-nile-virus-mosquitoes-confirmed-in-fresno-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/352097\/","title":{"rendered":"West Nile Virus Mosquitoes Confirmed in Fresno County"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Fresno\u00a0County,\u00a0CA\u00a0\u2013 The Consolidated Mosquito Abatement District (CMAD) has notified the Fresno County Department of Public Health (FCDPH) that West Nile Virus (WNV) has been detected in\u00a0Culex quinquefasciatus\u00a0and\u00a0Culex tarsalis\u00a0mosquito samples collected in Fresno County. This is the first detection of WNV activity in the County this year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">\u201cThis finding serves as a strong reminder that everyone should take precautions to protect themselves and their families from mosquito bites,\u201d said Dr. Trinidad Solis, FCDPH Health Officer. \u201cThe risk of getting infected with WNV is highest throughout the summer and early fall.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">The FCDPH is working closely with Fresno County mosquito control districts to increase mosquito surveillance and conduct public outreach. The Fresno County mosquito control districts are also using Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) registered insecticides in areas with elevated mosquito activity.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Fresno County residents are advised to contact their local mosquito control district to report standing water, mosquito issues, and neglected swimming pools \u2013\u00a0common mosquito development sites in urban and suburban areas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fresno\u00a0County,\u00a0CA\u00a0\u2013 The Consolidated Mosquito Abatement District (CMAD) has notified the Fresno County Department of Public Health (FCDPH) that&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":352098,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":["post-352097","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fresno","tag-fresno","tag-fresno-headlines","tag-fresno-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352097","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=352097"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352097\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/352098"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=352097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=352097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=352097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}