Upsurge of West Nile virus linked to foreclosures, study finds
Monday, November 3, 2008 - 11:42
in Biology & Nature
Scientists say cases soared in Bakersfield last year largely because of mosquitoes breeding in abandoned swimming pools. One of the nation's worst-hit cities for foreclosures in 2007 -- Bakersfield -- became an epicenter of West Nile virus that year largely because of mosquitoes breeding in abandoned swimming pools, UC Davis and Kern County scientists reported Thursday.