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Source: Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, Calif.迷你倉Aug. 24--A second human case of the West Nile virus has been detected in San Bernardino County. The resident lives in the southern part of Ontario and is the first case within the West Valley Mosquito and Vector Control District, health officials announced Friday.A Victorville man who was diagnosed with the virus in July was briefly hospitalized and is recovering, said Lea Morgan, program coordinator for the County of San Bernardino Department of Public Health Communicable Disease Department.As of Friday morning, there have been 59 people who have tested positive for the virus statewide this year.Staff at the Ontario-based district had been concerned about the elevated levels of the virus this summer and have taken several steps to stop the spread of West Nile in the area, including doing ground-based adulticiding, a pesticide application used to reduce adult mosquitoes."It's disappointing to us. As hard as we were working this自存倉year, we were hoping we wouldn't see any human cases in this area," said Brian Reisinger, spokesman for the West Valley Mosquito and Vector Control District.Infected mosquitoes have been found in Ontario, Rancho Cuamonga, Fontana and Needles.Officials are urging people to take protective measures such as using insect repellent that contains DEET. West Valley district officials say they will increase surveillance, attempting to find any place that is breeding source.Vector officials said they are perplexed by the second human case since most of the positive mosquito cases have occurred in the north western portion of Ontario, he said."We're really trying hard this year. We do take it personal when people get sick, it's our job to keep people from getting sick," Reisinger said.Copyright: ___ (c)2013 Inland Valley Daily Bulletin (Ontario, Calif.) Visit the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin (Ontario, Calif.) at .dailybulletin.com Distributed by MCT Information Services迷你倉新蒲崗
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