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Press Release
For immediate release October 07, 2011
Contact: John T. Althardt, (317) 221-2316
Additional Mosquitoes With West Nile Virus Confirmed
The Marion County Public Health Department has now confirmed through laboratory testing mosquitoes with the West Nile virus in all nine Marion County townships. Surveillance sites located throughout the county are used to trap mosquitoes that are then tested by the health department's laboratory staff.
One human case of West Nile virus has been confirmed in Marion County this year.
Mosquito season continues until the first hard frost of the season. Areas where mosquitoes with the West Nile virus have been found include:
3500 block of Brookside Parkway North Drive - Center Township
3400 block of East Orange Street - Center Township
1200 block of West Washington Street - Center Township
500 block of East 29th Street - Center Township
6100 block of High School Road - Decatur Township
11000 block of Exchange Street - Franklin Township
5600 block of Fall Creek Parkway North Drive - Lawrence Township
11000 block of Fox Road - Lawrence Township
7800 block of East 88th Street - Lawrence Township
6700 block of Derbyshire Road - Perry Township
8600 block of Morgantown Road - Perry Township
1700 Tulip Drive - Perry Township
600 block of Dudley Avenue - Perry Township
5400 block of Linwood Drive - Perry Township
4400 block of Nighthawk Court - Pike Township
7800 block of West 56th Street - Pike Township
5900 block of Dunmore Drive - Pike Township
3000 block of West 69th Street - Pike Township
30th and Mitthoeffer Road - Warren Township
1800 block of Caribbean - Warren Township
2900 block of Ritter Avenue - Warren Township
Butler University - Washington Township
6800 block of Dean Road - Washington Township
56th Street and Kingsley Drive - Washington Township
7900 block of Oceanline Drive - Wayne Township
1100 block of Hold Road - Wayne Township
Since 2002, Marion County has experienced five West Nile virus deaths and more than 50 people have become sick with the virus.
In 2010, there were three confirmed human cases and no deaths in Marion County.
For more information about mosquito control services, contact the Marion County Public Health Department at 221-7440.
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