Public health officials in Denton County, Texas confirm a resident of the county has died after being infected with West Nile virus.
The patient lived in the unincorporated northwest part of the county and died after being diagnosed with the neuroinvasive form of the disease, the health department says
Denton County Public Health confirms a resident of the county has died after being infected with West Nile virus. The victim, whose name is not being released due to patient confidentiality, was the second confirmed human case of West Nile virus in the county this year.“We’re seeing more positive mosquito traps in the last few weeks indicating increasing risk for contracting West Nile Virus, just as we’ve seen in our second human case and first death of the season,” stated Juan Rodriguez, DCPH assistant director and chief epidemiologist.
DCPH said the patient lived in the unincorporated northwest part of the county and died after being diagnosed with the neuroinvasive form of the disease.According to the National Institutes of Health, fewer than 1% of those infected with West Nile virus experience the more severe neuroinvasive form of the illness. About 80% of people bitten by a West Nile virus-infected mosquito will not show any symptoms.
standing water in your yard and neighborhood: Mosquitoes can develop in any water stagnant for more than three days.. While this is true for mosquitoes that commonly carry the West Nile virus, other types of mosquitoes that are more likely to carry Zika, dengue and chikungunya are active during the day.
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