LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) – A pool of mosquitoes has tested positive for West Nile virus in North Platte.
Shannon Vanderheiden with the West Central District Health Department told North Platte television station KNOP that the
sample was collected about two weeks ago.
Mosquito pools in Madison, Dawson and Douglas counties also have tested positive for the virus this year.  West Nile virus is transmitted to humans through the bite of a mosquito that has picked up the virus by feeding on an infected bird. Last year in Nebraska, there were 48 confirmed human cases and two deaths from West Nile.