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Dill Interviewed on West Nile Disease Threat

Posted By extension On November 3, 2012 @ 8:04 am In News | Comments Disabled

Channel 2 (WLBZ) ^[1] interviewed University of Maine Cooperative Extension pest management specialist Jim Dill about the increase of West Nile virus in Maine. Dill said the mosquito-borne virus is more of a health threat to young children or adults with poor immune systems. Symptoms for most people resemble a two- or three-day summer cold, he said.

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[1] Channel 2 (WLBZ): http://www.wcsh6.com/news/article/220637/2/First-case-of-West-Nile-in-Maine-shouldnt-bring-scare

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