Severe infection with West Nile virus is a spreading problem worldwide that disproportionately affects those over age 50. And evidence is mounting that when the virus causes sickness, the long ...

A travel-related West Nile virus case has been detected in a Shelby County resident. The Shelby County Health Department and ...

West Nile virus still exists in Lawrence County and efforts to detect and combat it are continuing this year with funding ...

Although the resident contracted West Nile virus after they traveled to a region where its endemic, the case serves as a reminder to all residents to protect themselves against mosquito bites with the ...

West Nile virus (WNV) has recently emerged as a significant and increasingly frequent etiology of encephalitis in this country. Even though WNV has been in the limelight of the national news media ...

The health department said the Shelby County resident traveled outside of the country to an area where mosquitoes are endemic ...

For example, the West Nile virus spreads in the same way as Usutu and requires the same environmental conditions. “The same mosquitoes that can transmit Usutu typically can transmit West Nile ...

Since its arrival in the USA, West Nile virus (WNV) has spread westward to a total of 43 states, resulting in 27,573 reported cases of infection. Patients with the following conditions/features ...

The South Carolina Department of Public Health (SCDPH) is asking residents to help track West Nile virus this Spring, Summer, ...