A dead crow in the Clairmont area tested positive for West Nile Virus, prompting warnings to San Diego residents from health officials.
A dead crow in the Clairmont area tested positive for West Nile Virus, prompting warnings to San Diego residents from health officialsSan Diego County public health officials are warning county residents to take precautions after a dead crow in the Clairemont area tested positive for West Nile Virus. Official say to be careful around mosquitoes, which can carry the virus.
The crow is the first bird testing positive for the disease this year, and there have been no locally contracted cases of the virus in the county, but the danger of the contagion is still present.The largely avian disease can be transferred to humans, where it can materialize in a headache, fever, fatigue, nausea, rash or swelling -- and even serious illness or death. According to the county, in 2015, 44 San Diego County residents tested positive for West Nile virus and six died.
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