West Nile Virus

It may be the off-season, but Austin's Public Health department is advising people to be careful of mosquitoes.

Austin Public Health is advising people to empty out any standing water after the recent rains and to use insecticide with DEET if outside between dusk and dawn.

Four mosquito pools in the 78744 zip code have tested positive for the virus in the last two weeks.

Nunca antes se había detectado un caso del Virus del Nilo Occidental en el condado de Williamson a estas alturas del año desde que las autoridades empezaron a recolectar muestras de trampas para mosquitos en 2013.

This is the earliest in a year that the virus has been detected since county health officials started testing mosquitos in 2013.

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