ListView Control - How To Get Rid Of Blue Highlighting

I use VB2010 Express on a Win7(x64) desktop. I use the following code to select items from data listed in a ListView and then save the selections to a database when I have finished choosing. I use the following code

[code language="VB.NET"] Private Sub ListView1_Click(ByVal
sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles ListView1.Click
Dim z As Byte = ListView1.SelectedItems.Item(0).Index
Dim n As Byte = 0
[Code] ......

Each time I click on an item in the list, that item is highlighted in Blue. When I click on another, the highlighting transfers to the new item and the previously selected item is green. The HideSelection has no effect on the highlighting, nor does transferring the Focus to another control. How to get rid of the blue highlighting as the only way I have found is to click in the listview control below the data which is counter intuitive.