Mosquitos In Kentucky Are Tested After West Nile Virus Found In Area

LOUISVILLE, KY - AUGUST 25: A battery pack that powers a CDC UpDraft Blacklight sits at the feet of Matthew Vanderpool, environmental health specialist and entomologist for the Louisville Metro Department of Public Health and Wellness in a swampland area on August 25, 2021 in Louisville, Kentucky. Vanderpool specializes in mosquito control, a public health process that involves placing traps to collect specimen, identifying various mosquito species, and testing the samples for mosquito-borne diseases. Lab technologists test for Saint Louis encephalitis, West Nile virus, La Crosse encephalitis, and Eastern equine encephalitis. (Photo by Jon Cherry/Getty Images)