Officials report a mosquito sample taken in New Florence has tested positive for Jamestown Canyon virus, a disease that cropped up in Colorado in 1961 and more recently was found in Pennsylvania.
Source: The Tribune-Review
New Florence mosquito tests positive for virus similar to West Nile
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