2nd Mosquito Tests Positive For West Nile Virus In Horsham

Updated: 12:30 p.m. Tuesday

HATBORO / HORSHAM TOWNSHIP, PA —A second mosquito has tested positive for the West Nile Virus within the past month.

Hatboro officials reported the findings by the Montgomery County Health Department that a mosquito tested positive for the disease recently.

Borough Manager Diane Hegele told Hatboro Borough Council on Monday night that she was informed that the mosquito was found at the Hatboro Little League Complex off Blair Mill Road.

The Hatboro Little League posted a statement about the incident on Facebook.

"We are going to exercise extreme caution as we await further instruction from the county, township, and borough but the HLL complex is closed immediately until further notice due to a mosquito testing positive in the area for West Nile Virus," Kory Kollar said. "We will update as soon as we know more and what any other guidelines may be. We will also update what may need to be done as far as any impact on fall ball. Thanks for your patience."

Late last month, Horsham Township officials said that a positive West Nile Virus mosquito sample was collected at Deep Meadow Park.

Many communities in Montgomery and Bucks County are being sprayed for the West Nile Virus with mosquitoes out and about in the early evening hours.

The West Nile Virus is most commonly spread through the bite of an infected mosquito, according to the Centers for Disease Control.

Symptoms include fever, headache, body aches, vomiting, diarrhea, or rash.

There are no vaccines to prevent or medicines to treat West Nile virus disease (West Nile) in people.