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West Nile virus back on LI

An undated file photo of a mosquito, a

Photo credit: Getty Images | An undated file photo of a mosquito, a carrier for the potentially lethal virus West Nile.

The West Nile virus has been discovered again on Long Island this year, health department officials said Monday.

State and Suffolk health department officials confirmed that a mosquito sample taken from Gardiner County Park in Islip on June 20 and a dead crow picked up in Northport on June 27 both tested positive for the virus.

"The confirmation of West Nile virus in a mosquito pool...

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