The District’s surveillance program collects samples of adult mosquitoes and sends them to a lab to be tested for West Nile virus.  If a sample test…

Call your health care provider if you have questions about the symptoms associated with West Nile virus.  Symptoms of West Nile Virus may vary:    

Generally speaking, people contract West Nile Virus when they are bitten by an infected mosquito.  When the mosquito inserts its proboscis (see images…

West Nile Virus is  a mosquito-borne disease (arbovirus) that was originally found in Africa.  In 1999, it was detected in New York when several birds…

Unfortunately for the residents of Kings County, two of the most common mosquitoes in the area, Culex tarsalis and Culex pipiens (see images below…

The following information was provided by the CDC.  For more information regarding Zika virus and travel alerts, please visit the the CDC website…