The Health Department will spray those areas – around Milligan Street in East Knoxville, and the East Emory Road area of North Knox County – between 9 p.m. and midnight Tuesday weather permitting.
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Dr. Tulika Singh, chief of medicine and medical director of infectious diseases and infection control for the Grand Haven-based health system, said she ordered a blood test to check for West Nile virus because the patient had spent time outdoors hiking. No EEE has been found this year; last year, three people were infected with it in the state, the most of any state in the country, and two died.
The city is also asking residents to take precautions to avoid getting bites such as applying repellent. There are no medications to treat or vaccines to prevent WNV infection.
The Maryland Department of Agriculture will be testing mosquitoes and conducting samples near the victim’s home.
Symptoms of West Nile Virus will usually show up within 14 days following the bite of an infected mosquito. Vector control district officials said that no special precautions need to be taken during the fogging. Fogging for adult mosquitoes is required when mosquitoes in the area are infected with West Nile virus and are capable of infecting people.
Officials said horses can’t pass the virus to humans, but they can be severely affected by the symptoms. The virus may cause fevers, headaches and body aches, and in some rare cases, neurological damage or death.
Singh attributed the cooler start to summer for not having cases in Michigan reported earlier in the West Nile virus season, which is typically from April to October because of temperatures.
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The State of Connecticut Mosquito Management Program announced that mosquitoes trapped in Mianus River Park on July 18 have tested positive for West Nile Virus.
