A dead American Crow found in La Mesa tested positive for West Nile virus, which prompted county environmental health officials to remind people to protect themselves from mosquitoes that can transmit the virus to people.
County officials said Thursday people should continue to follow"Prevent, Protect, Report" guidelines, including finding and dumping out standing water around homes to keep mosquitoes from breeding.
The virus"is mainly a bird disease, but it can be transmitted to humans by a number of species of mosquitoes — including Culex mosquitoes native to San Diego and, less effectively, by invasive Aedes aegypti mosquitoes — if they feed off an infected animal, mainly birds, and then bite people," the statement reads.
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