Los Angeles County has reported an average of 56 human cases of the virus annually over the past five years.
Courtney Chagolla, vector ecologist, with the Greater LA Vector Control District, separates mosquitos by sex and species at the Sylmar lab. Public health officials on Wednesday, Sept. 17, confirmed the first human cases of West Nile virus in Los Angeles County this year.
According to the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, four people were hospitalized with the virus between late July and late August. The unidentified patients lived in the Antelope Valley, San Fernando Valley and central Los Angeles areas.,” Dr. Muntu Davis, Los Angeles County health officer, said in a statement. “Mosquitos thrive in hot weather, increasing the risk of bites and mosquito-borne diseases.” Davis said people should take steps to reduce exposure to mosquitoes, such as using insect repellents, removing items that hold standing water where mosquitoes can breed, and install door and window screens to prevent the insects from entering homes. The virus is spread through the bite of an infected mosquito. Symptoms can include fever, headache, nausea, body aches and a minor skin rash. It can result in meningitis, encephalitis, paralysis and potentially death. Los Angeles County has reported an average of 56 human cases of the virus annually over the past five years. Health officials said the actual number is likely much higher, since many infected people never develop any illness or symptoms and their cases are never reported.Girl found dead in D4vd’s Tesla was 15-year-old who went missing in Lake ElsinoreABC suspends Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show indefinitely over his remarks about Charlie Kirk’s death 2 LA men arrested in scheme involving hundreds of millions of dollars of goods obtained illegally and exportedWoman shot, killed at apartment complex in North Hills2 Downtown LA residents charged in operation that shipped more than $315 million of cocaine to New York
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