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Public Service Announcement Friday, August 18, 2023    Sutter County Public Health has confirmed three human cases of West Nile Virus (WNV) in Sutter County this year – two with severe illnesses and one with moderate illness. We are continuing to investigate several additional suspect WNV human cases. People infected with WNV generally fall into three categories: • No symptoms/asymptomatic (8 in 10 people) • Mild to moderate fever illness with fatigue and body aches (1 in 5 people) • Severe illness with neurologic symptoms such as encephalitis or meningitis (less than 1 in 150 people). For those who develop

Public Service Announcement Monday, August 14, 2023 Yuba County Public Health has confirmed the first human case of West Nile Virus (WNV) in Yuba County this year. As of August 11, 2023, fourteen human WNV cases have been reported in California. WNV is active June through October. Both of the recently confirmed local human WNV cases are experiencing severe illness. People infected with WNV generally fall into three categories: • No symptoms/asymptomatic (8 in 10 people) • Mild to moderate fever illness with fatigue and body aches (1 in 5 people) • Severe illness with neurologic symptoms such as encephalitis

Public Service Announcement   Friday, July 21st 2023 The Sutter-Yuba Mosquito and Vector Control District has detected more evidence of West Nile virus in Sutter and Yuba Counties in 2023. Mosquito samples collected this week in the Tierra Buena area, Meridian, Acme Road area, Live Oak, Pleasant Grove, Hallwood, Sutter, West Yuba City, Marysville, Hillcrest, Linda, Edgewater, West Sutter County, and in Rio Oso have tested positive for the virus.  Mosquito samples collected last week in the Tierra Buena area, Meridian, Acme Road area, Live Oak, Pleasant Grove, and Hallwood previously tested positive for the virus. Given this, Sutter County

Public Service Announcement Friday, July 14th 2023 The Sutter-Yuba Mosquito and Vector Control District has detected the first evidence of West Nile virus in Sutter and Yuba Counties in 2023. Mosquito samples recently collected in the Tierra Buena area, Meridian, Acme Road area, Live Oak, Pleasant Grove, and Hallwood have tested positive for the virus. We have had no detections of WNV in dead birds, sentinel chicken flocks or humans. Hot daytime temperatures have hastened mosquito production, with traps showing a high abundance of this WNV vector for this time of year. The District’s surveillance system continues to be in

Public Service Announcement              For Immediate Release           July 3, 2023 Yuba County Public Health and the Sutter-Yuba Mosquito & Vector Control District are issuing this joint press release subsequent to a detection of an invasive Aedes aegypti mosquito found in Olivehurst, Yuba County. Olivehurst -The Sutter-Yuba Mosquito & Vector Control District (SYMVCD) has detected an Aedes aegypti mosquito for the first time in Olivehurst in Yuba County, California. The detection was made on Wednesday, June 21, 2023. The SYMVCD is working to evaluate the extent of the infestation and will aggressively target problem areas to prevent its spread. Aedes aegypti

The Sutter-Yuba Mosquito & Vector Control District is beginning its 2023 green swimming pool inspection program. At each home where a green swimming pool or other potential mosquito breeding source has been detected, staff will make a visit to inspect and where necessary, treat a pool to prevent any further mosquito production. District staff will appear in uniform, and displaying a picture ID to ascertain whether a pool is producing mosquitoes. An unmaintained pool can produce as many as 100,000 mosquitoes over the season. West Nile virus has regularly been detected in the Yuba Sutter area each year since 2005,

The Sutter-Yuba Mosquito & Vector Control District Office will be closed on Monday, February 20, 2023 in observance of President’s Day.

Our office will be closed Thursday, November 24th and Friday, November 25th in observance of the holidays.