West Nile Virus -- United States
New York City health officials have reported the 1st human West Nile virus (WNV) case of the year [2018] in a Manhattan resident. The patient, who is over 50 years of age, was hospitalized earlier this month [June 2018] with encephalitis and has since been discharged.
The Health Department notes that this is the earliest identification of a human case of WNV in New York City since surveillance began in 1999. Human cases of West Nile virus occur each year in New York City, and most cases are
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?5883730&promed&0
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