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Two of them, a 35-year-old and a 67-year-old from Mountain Home, had symptoms severe enough to require hospitalization.
Both have since been released and are recovering at home. The third case involved a 75-year-old woman from Glenns Ferry.
"These cases are a reminder that we still need to be vigilant in preventing mosquito bites," said Nikki Sakata, program manager for Communicable Disease Control at the Central District Health Department. "Just because there have been few reported human cases in Idaho this year, doesn't mean that the disease has gone away."
Tests of mosquito pools in Elmore County have turned up positive in Mountain Home, Hammett and on Mountain Home Air Force Base.
See the Mountain Home News for the complete story.