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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- The Utah Department of Health says five sample pools of mosquitoes have tested positive for West Nile virus.
Local mosquito abatement districts began testing mosquito samples throughout the state at the beginning of June.
Mosquitoes from Salt Lake and Washington counties tested positive and many more could follow, especially after the wet weather Utah has experienced so far this month.
Health officials urge residents to take precautions against mosquitoes by wearing repellent and dumping standing water in potential mosquito breeding areas.
Since 2003, Utah has had 318 confirmed cases of West Nile virus.
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