West Nile Virus Confirmed (no longer “-like”)
According to the United States Department of Agriculture, the unique disease outbreak in NY horses is no longer the “West Nile-like” virus. It now has been confirmed as the actual West Nile virus.
Centers for Disease Control have not yet issued a statement that would confirm West Nile virus in the dead birds found in CT and NJ.
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