Officials report that the dry conditions have eliminated so-called "floodwater mosquitoes" which are very rarely infected with the virus -- but the extreme heat is producing more culex mosquitoes. Those are the primary carriers of West Nile Virus, which breed in storm drains and similar locations.
DuPage Co. warns of West Nile
By ABC7
July 23, 2012
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