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More Suffolk mosquitoes test positive for West Nile

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Two more mosquito samples have tested positive for West Nile virus, bringing the total this year to 210 in Suffolk County, health officials said Friday.

Of the recent positive samples, one was collected Sept. 19 at Watch Hill, Fire Island, and the other on Sept. 21 in West Babylon, according to the health department.

Three human cases have been reported in the county, with all three...

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