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Richland Public Health officials have been notified by the Ohio Department of Health that West Nile Virus has been detected in mosquitoes in Jackson Township. According to Richland Public Health, "To be very clear, this is not a human infection case, but the first positive WNV mosquito samples in Richland County this year." Health Department officials will be spraying the WNV positive areas in Jackson Township to discourage transmission of the mosquito-borne illness to residents.