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<\/a><\/p>\n\u201cThe appearance of West Nile Virus in Amador County is not a surprise,\u201d said Dr. Rita Kerr, Amador
\nCounty Health Officer. \u201cWNV has been detected in California and surrounding counties in the past few
\nmonths. It is important that people be aware there are measures they can take to minimize exposure to
\nmosquitos and reduce the chance of becoming infected.\u201d
\nPrevent mosquito bites by practicing the \u201cThree D\u2019s\u201d:
\n1. DEET \u2013 Apply insect repellent containing DEET, picaradin, oil of lemon eucalyptus or IR3535
\naccording to label instructions. Repellents keep the mosquitoes from biting you.
\n2. DAWN AND DUSK \u2013 Mosquitoes that carry WNV bite in the early morning and evening so it is
\nimportant to wear repellent at this time. Make sure that your doors and windows have tight-fitting
\nscreens to keep out mosquitoes. Repair or replace screens with tears or holes.
\n3. DRAIN \u2013 Mosquitoes lay their eggs on standing water. Eliminate all sources of standing water on
\nyour property, including flower pots, old car tires, and rain gutters. Mosquito Dunks are another
\nprevention measure that are dropped in stagnant water, bird baths or ponds and serve to form a
\nbarrier to prevent mosquitos from breeding.
\n\u201cRainy weather can create new breeding grounds for mosquitoes if water is allowed to pool and remain
\nstagnant,\u201d said State Public Health Officer Dr. Karen Smith. \u201cMosquito season in California peaks in
\nOctober, making it critically important that Californians take action to empty even small amounts of water
\nfrom our gardens and yards.\u201d
\nThe risk of serious illness to most people is low. However, some individuals — less than 1 percent — will
\ndevelop serious neurologic illness such as encephalitis or meningitis. People 50 years and older have a
\nhigher chance of getting sick and are more likely to develop serious symptoms. Those with diabetes
\nand\/or hypertension are at greatest risk for serious illness.
\nTo date in 2016, WNV has been detected in 37 California counties. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Sutter Creek, CA…\u2013 Amador County Public Health confirms one human case of West Nile Virus (WNV) in Amador County. Outbreaks of WNV occur each summer in the United States and are most commonly transmitted to humans and animals through a mosquito bite from a mosquito harboring the virus. Public Health officials remind the community to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1599,"featured_media":25054,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_cbd_carousel_blocks":"[]","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[36,7,20,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25053","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-amador-county","category-communities","category-featured","category-news","last_archivepost"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/amadorcounty.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25053","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1599"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=25053"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25053\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/25054"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25053"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25053"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25053"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}