West Nile Virus Update 10/15/2010

No new activity to report in Washington. West Nile virus activity remains at 2 birds and 126 mosquito pools found in Benton, Grant, and Yakima counties. No reports of infected people or horses so far this season. Definitely, a different viral transmission pattern than last year, when 34 people, 68 horses, 22 birds, and 341 mosquito pools had been reported by mid-October 2009.