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Thanks for ruining our evening, Universal Hub. It turns out that the West Nile Virus has been found in Jamaica Plain.

The public may not be quite as freaked out by West Nile Virus as it once was, but the disease is definitely still around. WNV was detected in mosquitoes in Worcester on June 27, marking the first time the virus has been found here in 2008. There were six cases of West Nile Virus in humans in Massachusetts in 2007. People over 50 are more likely to be seriously affected by the disease, which is usually transmitted by bites from infected mosquitoes.