West Nile Virus -- Canada
A Lambton County [Southwestern Ontario] resident has tested positive for the West Nile virus, the 1st lab-confirmed human case this year [2020], Lambton Public Health said. Testing of mosquito pools in Petrolia and Oil Springs had already shown the virus was present.
Ontario has had 24 human cases, which are often confirmed in late summer and early fall, late in the mosquito season.
West Nile virus is spread to humans through the bite of an infected mosquito.
The health unit reminds
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