We’ve come to expect the dreaded announcement of human West Nile Virus (WNV) cases in IL, but historically, those cases are confirmed later in the summer. Most people who are infected with the West Nile virus have no symptoms or experience very mild symptoms 3 to 14 days after the bite of an infected mosquito.
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Since the arrival of WNV to California in 2003, 5,588 people across the State have contracted the disease; 229 of those cases were fatal.
“The mosquito that carries the Zika virus is not actually indigenous to Iowa”.
With a child in west-central IL contracting the earliest known case of West Nile virus in IL, and concerns over the mosquito spread Zika virus, local health organizations are warning people to be cautious about the stinging pests.
Jamestown Canyon virus is also uncommon – 12 mosquitoes tested positive for it in 2015 – and “most people don’t develop any illness from it”, Armstrong said, unlike West Nile or EEE, which can cause “disease outbreaks where human cases can cluster in space and time”.
“When we have a warm to hot June, which we are trending towards.It favors virus transmission”, he says.
The main threat from mosquitoes in CT is from West Nile virus.
Less than 1 percent of infected people with West Nile virus will develop severe symptoms.
Plus, residents are advised to follow an important set of rules so that they will prevent mosquitoes from biting them.
However, the DSHS said nearly all others will have West Nile fever with symptoms like headache, fever, muscle and joint aches, nausea and fatigue.
People in the area say they are preparing for the mosquitoes to become more active.
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Reduce or eliminate the amount of standing water around your home. Residents may want to go indoors and close windows and screened doors during the spraying and wait at least 30 minutes before reopening doors and windows.
