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Overshadowed by covid and monkeypox, crews in the south bay dealing with a summer outbreak of the west nile virus. Good evening. Im sara donchey. And im ryan yamamoto. Santa clara county officials tested mosquitos that tested positive for the west nile virus. The infected mosquitos were found in portions of sunnyvale, santa clara and san jose. And that virus can cause serious illness in humans. As kpix 5s len ramirez reports, officials are now taking steps to get rid of mosquito theres. Reporter well, this is one of the neighborhoods in the sunnyvale, san jose neighbors where Vector Control will be spraying later this week in an effort to control and eradicate mosquitos with the west nile virus. Honestly, i got it mowing my lawn. Reporter Marie Heilemann didnt think much at first of the mosquito bite she got in 2006. But it led to a bad case of west nile virus that has left t ....