Kalamazoo County health officials are warning that mosquitoes carrying a serious disease have been detected in the county.
A group of mosquitoes captured through the Kalamazoo County Health & Community Services Department’s Environmental Health Division’s mosquito surveillance program tested positive for the Jamestown Canyon Virus. The illness is passed to humans by mosquitoes.
That disease is found across much of the U.S. and has been detected in mosquitoes over the past few years in Michigan. In 2024 seven people in the state tested positive for Jamestown Canyon Virus, according to the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services…