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Will County outlines West Nile virus surveillance plan, reports 2024 positives and prevention tips
Summary
Environmental health staff described the county's West Nile mosquito surveillance program, listing trap locations, 2024 testing results (282 pools, 52 positives), and public prevention steps; IDPH suspended bird collection statewide in 2025 due to avian flu.
Kyle Moy, program coordinator for environmental health in Joliet, briefed the Will County Board of Health on the county’s West Nile virus surveillance program, describing trap operations, 2024 results and public outreach.
Moy said the program deploys 14 traps across the county and runs two collection routes from Joliet and Bolingbrook. Trap locations cited in the meeting included Shorewood, Plainfield, Homer Glen, Lockport, Bolingbrook, New Lenox, Mokena, Frankfort, Crete, Monee, Manhattan and Joliet.
Moy described the trap method: a water…
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