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Two West Nile Virus-Related Deaths Among Six New Cases Reported In New Jersey
New Jersey health officials are reporting an additional six cases of West Nile Virus including two deaths, and two presumptive viremic blood donor (PVD) cases in the state.
The six new WNV cases are residents of Bergen, Camden, Cumberland, Hudson, Mercer, and Middlesex counties (one 50+, two 60+, one 70+, two 80+). The two individuals who died were older adults from Cumberland and Mercer counties, the DOH said.
Two human cases of WNV were reported earlier this year in Middlesex and Union counties.
Seven out of the eight cases were hospitalized with neuroinvasive disease, includi…
Mosquitoes With West Nile Virus Discovered In Darien, Joining Bridgeport, Greenwich, Stamford
More mosquitos have now tested positive for West Nile Virus in Fairfield County, though there have been no confirmed cases of the virus in Connecticut residents.
Mosquitos trapped in Darien became the latest to test positive for West Nile, bringing the state total to 21 for the season, up from just two cases a week ago, according to the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station.
Mosquito trapping is conducted at each site every 10 days, on a rotating basis throughout the state, with the goal of tracking West Nile virus, Eastern Equine Encephalitis virus, Zika, and other mosquito-borne di…
Advisory Issued For Suffolk Residents, Visitors After 15 Samples Test Positive For West Nile
An advisory has been issued on Long Island after there were more than a dozen new mosquito samples that tested positive for West Nile Virus.
Suffolk County Health Commissioner Gregson Pigott announced that 15 new mosquito samples tested positive for the virus after being collected on Tuesday, July 21, and Wednesday, July 22.
The positive samples were collected in Bay Shore (six); Islip (three); with one each in Bay Shore, Brentwood, Great River, Huntington Station, North Patchogue, and West Babylon.
Pigott said that West Nile virus, first detected in birds and mosquito samples in Suffolk C…
Mosquitoes Test Positive For West Nile In 14 CT Towns, Including Greenwich, Stamford
State officials announced that the West Nile virus has been detected in 14 towns throughout the state, including Greenwich and Stamford.
The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station (CAES) said the infected mosquitoes were found across the region including Stamford, Chester, East Haven, Groton, Hartford, Manchester, New Haven, North Haven, North Stonington, South Windsor, Voluntown, West Haven, and Wethersfield.
In addition, eastern equine encephalitis virus-infected mosquitoes have been detected in two southeastern towns including Voluntown and Madison.
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