Indianapolis, IN
Northern Indiana residents warned about mosquito-borne virus
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Well being officers are warning northern Indiana residents to take precautions to keep away from being bitten by mosquitoes after detecting a uncommon and probably lethal mosquito-borne virus within the area.
State public well being and animal well being officers issued the warning Thursday after figuring out that the jap equine encephalitis virus was lively in a number of northern Indiana counties, with 4 horses testing optimistic for the virus.
State veterinarian Dr. Bret Marsh say the virus “is a severe menace to each horses and other people in northern Indiana” till the primary exhausting freeze of the autumn season happens. No human instances of the virus illness have been reported in Indiana this 12 months.