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Mosquito Tests Positive for Chikungunya in Harris County, 9 People Test Positive for West Nile Virus

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click2houston.com - by Jace Larson - August 6, 2014

Harris County to spray for mosquitoes by air

HOUSTON -

A mosquito has tested positive for the Chikungunya virus and nine people have tested positive for the West Nile virus, according to the Harris County Public Health and Environmental Services.

One person has tested positive with the Chikungunya virus, but that that person was infected elsewhere and brought the virus to Harris County.

The county's Mosquito Control Division says nine people have tested positive for the West Nile virus, but none of the cases have been fatal. More than 730 samples have tested positive for West Nile.

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Click on the links below for additional information on Chikungunya and West Nile virus . . .

Chikungunya virus in the United States
http://www.cdc.gov/chikungunya/geo/united-states.html

CDC - Chikungunya virus
http://www.cdc.gov/chikungunya/index.html

CDC - West Nile Virus
http://www.cdc.gov/westnile/index.html

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