Scientists Work Overtime to Solve West Nile's Mysterious Movement

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SYLMAR - In a sterile, windowless laboratory, mosquitoes collected from parks, golf courses and even some back yards across the region sit on countertops.

Scientists with the Greater Los Angeles County Vector Control District examine the bugs, some dried in jars, some buzzing under nets and some rendered comatose for study. A dead crow awaiting testing sits in the lab refrigerator, next to a canned sports drink.

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Scientists Work Overtime to Solve West Nile's Mysterious Movement

The scientists' assignment is to monitor the potentially deadly West Nile virus sweeping along the West Coast carried by mosquitoes and birds. So far, 13 people in California have died ...

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