Dead crow found in Guelph tests positive for West Nile virus

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· Posted: Jul 16, 2025 12:45 PM EDT | Last Updated: 7 hours ago

A dormant crow recovered successful Guelph has tested affirmative for the West Nile virus.

Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health said Wednesday determination are presently nary quality cases, but the beingness of the microorganism successful the crow shows it's circulating and transmission is possible.

The microorganism is transmitted done the wound of an infected mosquito.

"While the hazard of terrible unwellness is low, we promote everyone to instrumentality elemental precautions to forestall mosquito bites," subordinate aesculapian serviceman Dr. Matthew Tenenbaum said successful a release.

Public wellness says the astir effectual mode to debar the microorganism is to trim the hazard of getting mosquito bites. People tin bash that by:

• Wearing light-coloured covering (including agelong sleeves and pants).
• Using an approved mosquito repellant.
• Repairing holes successful surface doors and windows.
• Reducing breeding places for mosquitos by removing lasting h2o from properties including draining imaginable reservoirs similar flowerpots and kids' pools and by often replacing h2o successful vertebrate baths and different water features.

Public Health Ontario says connected its website that astir radical infected with West Nile microorganism bash not amusement symptoms.

Others whitethorn acquisition a fever, caput and assemblage aches, fatigue, rash oregon successful much superior cases, meningitis (swelling of encephalon and/or spinal cord) oregon encephalitis (brain swelling).