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West Nile virus found in four more birds:

This year in the city of San diego there have been 14 cases that have tested positive for West Nile virus. The birds were two American crows, one raven and one scrub jay, these brids were found in Carmel Valley, Mira Mesa and Rancho Bernardo. This is a serious illness that is very easy to spread, according to U.S. Centers for Disease Control(CDC) and Prevention; which is by mosquito bites that have been preeviously bitten infected birds. The symptoms the West Nile Virus can range from headaches and high fever to convulsions, paralysis and coma, according to the CDC.


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