The Boulder County Public Health Vector Control Program aims to prevent the spread of disease from vectors (animals) to humans.
Weekly Animal-Borne Disease Reporting
Zoonotic Disease Reporting for 2022
- No specimens have been submitted for rabies testing this week. One bat tested positive last week. Boulder County reports ten total positive specimens for the season: Bat (5), Skunk (5).
- Statewide, 45 specimens have tested positive for rabies in 2022: Bat (26), Skunk (19).
- Both nuisance mosquito species and Culex species (WNV vectors) are above the historic average this week.
- Last week seven mosquito pools tested positive in Boulder County from traps in Unincorporated Boulder County, Longmont, Lafayette, and Erie. Risk of West Nile virus transmission remains high.
- Fifteen mosquito pools were submitted for West Nile testing this week. Results are pending.Fifty-five positive mosquito pools have been recorded in Colorado in 2022: Boulder (20), Larimer (20), Weld (9), Adams (1), Mesa (1). No human cases are reported.
- Nationally, CDC reports 30 human WNV cases with two deaths in Arizona. Arizona (10), California (5), Indiana (1), Minnesota (1), Mississippi (3), North Dakota (4), Pennsylvania (4), Texas (2).
