Fogging Set This Week After Mosquitoes With West Nile Virus Found

SANTA CLARA COUNTY, CA -- Officials with the Santa Clara County Vector Control District have scheduled fogging for Wednesday night and early Thursday morning in San Jose where mosquitoes with the West Nile Virus were found.

Weather permitting, the fogging is scheduled to start at 11 p.m. in parts of zip codes 95126 and 95128 and conclude at about 2 a.m.

The area to be fogged is centered at Elliot Street and Rutland Avenue.

It's bordered on the north by The Alameda, on the south by Fruitdale and Maywood avenues, on the east by Atlas and Lincoln avenues and on the west by state Highway 17/Interstate Highway 880.

From 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Wednesday and Thursday, vector control employees will answer residents' questions about the fogging at (800) 314-2427.

Questions can also be sent to vectorinfo@deh.sccgov.org.

"Recent detections of West Nile Virus were found in birds and mosquitoes of the Burbank and Rose Garden communities in San Jose - residents are advised to take precautions to avoid mosquito bites and dump any stagnant water on their property," Vector Control District Surveillance Manager Noor Tietze said in a statement.

"Mosquito control in residential and suburban areas is largely a community-wide endeavor and everyone is asked to pitch in."

No one needs to relocate but residents who want to limit exposure to family members or pets may want to close windows and remain inside during the operation.

Residents who are sensitive to chemicals may want to get in touch with their doctor beforehand. The fogging is meant to reduce the chance that mosquitoes, which transmit the virus, bite residents.

The virus cannot be transmitted from person to person.

Also see:

• Santa Cruz Co. Logs First 2016 Case Of West Nile Virus; Dead Bird Tests Positive
• Dead Crows In Nearby Atherton, Redwood City Test Positive For West Nile Virus

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