Officials with Santa Clara County Vector Control will conduct mosquito spraying late Thursday night in a portion of San Jose, after mosquitoes with the West Nile virus were recently found.
According to the district, the infected mosquitoes were found in Zip code 95125, an area that largely consists of the city's Willow Glen neighborhood.
Vector Control will spray insecticide in the area starting at 10 p.m. Thursday. Spraying will take place in an area bordered by Willow Street to the north, Almaden Road to the east, Koch Lane to the south and Meridian Avenue to the west.Officials stressed that the district has conducted spraying since 2003, the insecticide used is approved by the Environmental Protection Agency for use in public areas and are widely used by vector control agencies across the state.
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