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'Peak risk' for West Nile, health officials warn
As the summer reaches peak West Nile risk, 40% more mosquitoes are buzzing around Toronto this year, relative to last, according to estimates provided by Toronto Public Health.
"The message has to be that we are at peak-risk period," said Dr. Mike Drebot, chief of the viral zoonoses section at the National Microbiology Laboratory. "Until the first frost, there could be mosquitoes flying around that could be carrying the virus."
The surge in Toronto numbers brings the mosquito population back in line with where in was in 2005 and 2006, before a dry 2007 reduced the population dramatically, said Howard Shapiro, associate medical officer of health for Toronto Public Health.
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