In response to the recent positive tests of West Nile Virus in sampled mosquitoes, the Shelby County Health Department will conduct truck-mounted spraying (adulticiding) of EPA-approved insecticides, weather permitting, in portions specific ZIP codes according to the following schedule:

Tuesday, May 15 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. ZIP Codes: 38108, 38111, 38112, 38117, 38120, 38122, 38128

Wednesday, May 16 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. ZIP Codes: 38108, 38122, 38128, 38133, 38134, 38135

Thursday, May 17 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. ZIP Codes: 38002, 38053, 38128, 38133, 38135

Monday, May 21 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. ZIP Codes: 38109, 38116

The Shelby County Health Department has received confirmation of mosquitoes carrying West Nile virus within the areas of ZIP codes 38109, 38122, 38134, and 38135. This is the earliest occurrence of positive West Nile pools on record in addition to the most positive pools present this early in Shelby County.

Since the middle of March, the Shelby County Health Department’s Vector Control Program has applied Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) approved larvicides to bodies of water known to produce mosquitoes. These actions are part of the Health Department’s proactive effort to decrease the number of mosquitoes. Larviciding is the most effective method of reducing mosquito populations.