{"id":18189,"date":"2025-10-23T21:59:06","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T21:59:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/18189\/"},"modified":"2025-10-23T21:59:06","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T21:59:06","slug":"west-nile-virus-detected-near-chapman-ranch-first-positive-mosquito-pool-since-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/18189\/","title":{"rendered":"West Nile virus detected near Chapman Ranch, first positive mosquito pool since 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas \u2014 Nueces County officials have confirmed the detection of West Nile virus in a mosquito pool collected near Chapman Ranch, marking the first positive mosquito sample reported in the county since 2024, according to a county news release from Judge Connie Scott and Public Works Director Juan Pimentel.<\/p>\n<p>Residents in the area are encouraged to take precautions to avoid mosquito bites.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Officials advise using repellents containing DEET, wearing long-sleeved shirts and pants, avoiding outdoor activities at dawn or dusk when mosquitoes are most active, and draining any standing water to reduce breeding grounds.<\/p>\n<p>The release said Nueces County Vector Control crews are spraying daily in the affected area outside the Corpus Christi city limits and will continue to monitor mosquito pools for additional signs of the virus.<\/p>\n<p>More from 3NEWS on KIIITV.com: \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Email <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kiiitv.com\/article\/news\/local\/west-nile-virus-detected-chapman-ranch-first-positive-mosquito-pool-since-2024\/mailto:tell3@kiiitv.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">tell3@kiiitv.com<\/a> so we can get in touch with you about your story should we have questions or need more information. We realize some stories are sensitive in nature. Let us know if you&#8217;d like to remain anonymous.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas \u2014 Nueces County officials have confirmed the detection of West Nile virus in a mosquito&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":18190,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[155,157,156],"class_list":["post-18189","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-corpus-christi","tag-corpus-christi","tag-corpus-christi-headlines","tag-corpus-christi-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18189","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18189"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18189\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18190"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18189"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18189"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}