Health officials are reminding Coloradans to protect themselves from this summer.
Although West Nile virus , this year鈥檚 season appears to be off to an earlier start 鈥� which is surprising given the current dry conditions affecting the state.
As of June, West Nile virus had already been found in trapped mosquitoes in Adams,, Weld, and Delta counties. And .
Jane Viste with the Larimer County Health Department says last year wasn鈥檛 an especially active one for West Nile 鈥� but that鈥檚 no guarantee this year will follow suit.
鈥淲est Nile, like a lot of things, could suddenly rise again, and people will be quite impacted. So we want to prevent people鈥攊t鈥檚 a simple thing to do. Just don鈥檛 go where the mosquitoes are, protect yourself with repellent, with good clothing, being careful when you鈥檙e going to be out at the time mosquitoes are out.鈥�
Viste says no human cases of West Nile Virus have been reported in Colorado yet.
