West Nile Virus Caused by High Foreclosures

In the suburban San Francisco Bay Area county of Contra Costa, it was reported that the areas of the county that have high foreclosure rates have a very high incidence of the West Nile Virus. According to a representative of the Contra Costa Mosquito District, this is due to people walking away from their foreclosed homes with swimming pools, which the mosquitoes use as a breeding ground. The areas with the huge foreclosures are turning up dead humans, birds, horses chickens, and squirrels.