More West Nile Detected in Doylestown Township

More mosquitos with West Nile have been detected in Doylestown Township, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection. This is the second time this month infected mosquitos have been found in the township. 

According to the DEP, 26 sites statewide tested positive for the virus in its most recent sampling. Doylestown Township was the only location in Bucks County to test positive in the most recent sampling. 

Mosquitos from Buckingham Township and Doylestown Borough have also tested positive for West Nile this summer. Bucks County's West Nile control program sprayed a Buckingham Township earlier this month in an attempt to eradicate mosquitos with the virus.

A spray was also held earlier this month in Newtown Township after the DEP detected mosquitos infected with the virus at Tyler State Park.

Bucks County is listed as a hot zone for West Nile by the state Department of Environmental Protection. Two people in Bucks were sickened by West Nile last year.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, West Nile is transmitted via mosquitos and there are currently no medications to treat or vaccines to prevent WNV infection. 

“Fortunately, most people infected with WNV will have no symptoms. About 1 in 5 people who are infected will develop a fever with other symptoms. Less than 1 percent of infected people develop a serious, sometimes fatal, neurologic illness,” the CDC website says.