west nile virus

WDH: “This is clearly Wyoming’s most active West Nile virus season in at least a decade and it does not appear to be over yet."

Mosquitoes spread the virus.

The City of Cheyenne’s Weed and Pest Division is asking residents to take precautions after mosquitoes collected throughout the city and Laramie County tested positive for West Nile Virus.

Heavy rains combined with rising temperatures will likely lead to increasing numbers of these mosquitoes in the coming weeks.

Serious diseases sometimes spread by infected ticks in Wyoming include tularemia, Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF) and Colorado tick fever (CTF).

A recent press release from the Wyoming Game and Fish asks everyone, especially landowners, to report dead sage grouse so the birds can be tested for West Nile virus. There are no signs of an outbreak, but Game and Fish asks people to report annually to aid in the management of Wyoming sage grouse.

The City of Cheyenne says another batch of mosquitos has tested positive for the West Nile Virus in the city, this time in the Sun Valley area.

The City of Cheyenne recently announced that it has detected the first pools (groups) of mosquitos to test positive for West Nile Virus (WNV) this year within Laramie County The test was confirmed by the Wyoming State Veterinary Lab, with the infected mosquitoes collected from traps near the North Cheyenne Community Park during the week of July 26. P...

Summer is upon us, and the Wyoming Department of Health is urging residents to take steps to avoid mosquito and tick bites as well as waterborne diseases.

Wyoming's first case of the West Nile Virus this year was reported on June 10 in Campbell County.