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Arcadia Reports First West Nile Virus Case of Year

A mosquito trap near Baldwin Stocker Park tested positive as county officials reported elevated virus activity and the region’s first West Nile death.

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Health officials have confirmed the first case of West Nile Virus in the city of Arcadia this year, authorities said this weekend. The sample was collected on Aug. 18 from a trap site near Baldwin Stocker Park, according to the San Gabriel Valley Mosquito and Vector Control District West Nile virus is transmitted to people […]

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Arcadia reports first West Nile virus case of year

A blood-engorged female Aedes albopictus mosquito feeding on a human host, 2001. Under experimental conditions the Aedes albopictus mosquito, also known as the Asian Tiger Mosquito, has been found to be a vector of West Nile Virus. Aedes is a genus of the Culicine family of mosquitoes. Image courtesy CDC/James Gathany. (Photo by Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images).

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NBC LA broke the news in Los Angeles, United States on Sunday, August 30, 2026.
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