According to the Centers for Disease Control, West Nile virus is the country’s leading cause of mosquito-borne disease. In ...

West Nile is a virus carried and spread by mosquitoes and can cause fatal inflammation of the brain (encephalitis) or the membranes covering the brain or spinal cord (meningitis) in more than 100 ...

The single-stranded RNA virus known as the West Nile virus (WNV) is what causes West Nile fever. It is a member of the Flaviviridae family, which belongs to the same genus as the Zika virus ...

The first cases in the USA of infection with the mosquito vector-borne West Nile virus (WNV) - an enveloped, single-stranded RNA - occurred in 1999 in New York. Since then, it has moved westward ...

Most people who contract West Nile virus have no symptoms or a mild illness — about four in five infected people do not feel ...

Tazewell County Health Departmen t officials have reported the first human death caused by West Nile virus in 2024. A ...

Here’s what else you need to know about the virus this season. The West Nile Virus is the dominant cause of mosquito borne illness in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease ...

The Florida Department of Health reported a new human case of West Nile virus in Marion County, bringing the total to four ...

The health ministry on Wednesday assured there was no cause for concern after a West Nile virus case was detected in Cyprus a day earlier, stressing the virus is not transmitted from person to person.

The health department also announced there was one non-fatal case of West Nile virus this year. A total of nine West Nile-related deaths have been reported in the Illinois this year, the news release ...

Man in his 70s dies of West Nile virus, Montgomery Co. officials say West Nile virus found in Montgomery County mosquitoes, officials say West Nile virus found in Sugar Land mosquitoes ...