   COULD WE HAVE AN EXTENDED WEST NILE VIRUS SEASON IN NEW MEXICO THIS YEAR?? DAVID MORGAN WITH THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SAYS, WITH THE RAIN PRODUCING MORE MOSQUITOES, IT’S POSSIBLE…ESPECIALLY IN SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO. HE SAYS THEY EXPECT A LARGE MOSQUITO POPULATION IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE STATE.
   MORGAN SAYS WEST NILE COULD BE AN ISSUE ALL THE WAY THROUGH OCTOBER. THERE HAVE BEEN 27 CASES OF WEST NILE VIRUS IN NEW MEXICO THIS YEAR…MORE THAN HALF OF THEM IN BERNALILLO COUNTY. LAST YEAR THERE WERE ONLY SIX CASES STATEWIDE.
