Sunday, 22 September 2019

PRO/AH/EDR> West Nile virus (35): Americas (Canada, BC, susp. ex USA) human, horse

West Nile Virus -- United States
This year [2019], 2 cases of the West Nile virus have been reported in BC: one human, one horse.
The B.C. Centre for Disease Control told CTV News the human case was reported on Vancouver Island last month [August 2019] and is the only instance reported in B.C. so far this year.
The horse-related case was reported in the Princeton area.
Few details were provided for privacy reasons, but the BC CDC said both cases were travel-related. Both were tied to the U.S. It is not known where in

Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?6687393&promed&0

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