St. Louis Encephalitis -- United States
A San Fernando Valley resident has contracted a mosquitoborne illness that hasn't been recorded in Los Angeles County since 1997, health officials said on Monday [1 Oct 2018]. The elderly woman became ill with St Louis encephalitis in late August 2018, the LA County Department of Public Health said.
St Louis encephalitis, a rare disease similar to West Nile virus, is transmitted through mosquito bites and can cause brain inflammation, paralysis and sometimes death. In the US in 2017, 6
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