West Nile Virus

Cheyenne Laramie County Public Health on Friday announced the first human case of West Nile virus in the county this year.

The City of Laramie has documented West Nile virus in a mosquito sample collected last week on the western edge of city limits. The positive sample was isolated in mosquitos collected from surveillances traps monitored by the City of Laramie Mosquito Control...

Summer is upon us, and the Wyoming Department of Health is urging residents to take steps to avoid mosquito and tick bites as well as waterborne diseases.

Applications will begin today, June 6, in areas adjacent to city limits. Residential fogging will begin Sunday evening, June 9, weather permitting.

City of Laramie Mosquito Control has scheduled the aerial application of Bacillus thuringensis israelensis (Bti) for Saturday, June 1.

Kohr says the horses presented with neurological symptoms, such as being wobbly on their feet.

Most people infected with the virus either don't have symptoms or have minor ones, such as fever, headache, body aches, skin rash and swollen lymph nodes.

The City of Laramie will begin mosquito fogging in residential areas beginning in the evening on Monday, June 4.