California is likely to experience many more cases of West Nile virus this year, predicts University of California, Davis, entomologist John D. Edman, director of the university’s Center for Vectorborne Diseases.He expects West Nile to erupt in Southern California this summer and spread to northern areas of the state. Edman notes that, despite efforts at control, there’s a large mosquito population in California.The first in-state West Nile virus infections of humans in California were confirmed last year. Those three cases were in the Los Angeles area.
