MS health officials have confirmed four new cases of West Nile virus, bringing the state's total to 19 cases this year.
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. There are no vaccines to prevent West Nile virus infection but there are steps people can take to avoid being bitten.
The Payette County case involved a young boy with West Nile fever who was not hospitalized. Symptoms typically occur from two to 14 days after the bite from an infected mosquito.
According to Cassey Bernstein, environmental health and safety officer for the university, the mosquito problem is "particularly bad" due to the wet summer Louisiana has experienced.
People are also advised to get rid of mosquito breeding sites by draining standing water from flower pots, buckets, barrels, pool covers and wading pools. Limit outdoor activity during those times. Sebastian Moncayo, a graduate business student from Ecuador, has lived in Monroe for six years and has been unpleasantly surprised by the mosquitoes' magnitude this year. About 20 percent of victims develop a West Nile fever, while less than one percent can be affected by the more severe West Nile neuroinvasive disease, which devastates the nervous system and can lead to death.
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Only a few West Nile virus infections are reported in Nebraska this year, but health officials warn we shouldn't let down our guard. Although West Nile virus can't be sexually transmitted, it can still be spread from mother to child through breastfeeding.
Vaccinating horses against West Nile. A reported 14 individuals have been infected with the Zika virus by local mosquitoes.
The state could experience small Zika outbreaks as Californians infected elsewhere spread the virus when they come home, either through sex or being bitten by Golden State mosquitoes that then go on to bite other Californians, said UC Davis epidemiologist Barker.
Three years ago, a different elderly person was infected inside the city, Galvez said.
