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Two dead crows test positive for West Nile virus in New Jersey

By Associated Press, 5/7/2001 23:57

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) Dead crows found in two New Jersey communities have tested positive for West Nile virus, authorities said Monday.

The virus, which killed two people last year, has also been detected this year in several other Eastern states. The disease usually causes only flu-like symptoms but can be fatal for some older people or those with weakened immune systems.

The counties where the crows were found Bergen and Middlesex are both increasing their surveillance for mosquitoes. The state plans to spend about $7 million in the fiscal year that begins July 1 to fight the virus.

State health officials said people should use insect repellent, wear long pants and long-sleeved shirts when outdoors and try to stay inside at dawn and in the evening, when mosquitoes are most active.

-- Anonymous, May 08, 2001

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I'm not sure where I saw it, somewhere this morning. There has been a huge die-off of lobsters off the NY coast. Like 95%. Someone has attributed it to the aerial pesticides used for WNV. Apparently the lobster is an arthropod, sufficiently similar to the mosquito that it is susceptible to many of the same chemicals.

-- Anonymous, May 08, 2001