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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Evan LaCross, DEM: 401-799-0100 Thursday, July 31, 2025<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Joseph Wendelken, RIDOH: 401-222-3998<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">FIRST WEST NILE VIRUS DETECTION OF 2025<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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RI – <a name="_Hlk175217564">The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) and Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) have confirmed the first detection of West Nile Virus (WNV) in the state this year. The virus was found in a mosquito sample
collected by DEM in East Providence on July 21 and tested by the </a></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk175217564"></span><a href="https://health.ri.gov/programs/detail.php?pgm_id=1092"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk175217564"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#0066FF;letter-spacing:.1pt;mso-ligatures:none">Rhode
Island State Health Laboratories</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk175217564"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk175217564"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;letter-spacing:.1pt;mso-ligatures:none">. The other mosquito samples
collected statewide showed no signs of Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) virus, </span>
</span><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.cdc.gov/jamestown-canyon/__;!!KKphUJtCzQ!NQzearmVQYfD6zapRJXPP6s0YaR580r0iTP3vCUQ7FBrTlflvZtz8N1yncVhsg5hWtg2-TdRXjERJ6FwQvOs5qmlE8Zq0a11uDtJ$"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk175217564"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:blue;letter-spacing:.1pt;mso-ligatures:none">Jamestown Canyon Virus</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk175217564"></span> [cdc.gov]</a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk175217564"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;letter-spacing:.1pt;mso-ligatures:none">
(JCV), or additional WNV. Check RIDOH’s </span></span><a href="https://health.ri.gov/data/arboviralsurveillance/"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk175217564"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#0066FF;letter-spacing:.1pt;mso-ligatures:none">arboviral
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<a name="_Hlk176940631">To learn ways to prevent mosquito bites and the diseases carried by mosquitoes, please visit
</a></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk176940631"></span></span><a href="https://health.ri.gov/disease/carriers/mosquitoes/"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk175217564"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk176940631"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#0066FF;mso-ligatures:none">health.ri.gov/mosquito</span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk175217564"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk176940631"></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk175217564"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk176940631"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">.</span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk175217564"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">
For mosquito control info, visit </span></span><a href="https://dem.ri.gov/natural-resources-bureau/agriculture-and-forest-environment/agriculture/mosquito-abatement/mosquito"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk175217564"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:blue;mso-ligatures:none">dem.ri.gov/mosquito</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk175217564"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk175217564"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">.</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk175217564"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">WNV is the main mosquito-borne disease in the US. While most people with WNV don’t get sick, about one in
five people who are infected develop a fever and other symptoms. There are no vaccines to prevent or medications to treat WNV in people. For more information about WNV, visit
</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="http://www.health.ri.gov/wnv"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#0066FF">www.health.ri.gov/wnv</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">.
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