Other Human Disease -- United States
State health officials said an adult in Dunbarton has tested positive for the Jamestown Canyon virus, the 3rd case of the mosquitoborne disease reported in New Hampshire this year [2020]. The person was hospitalized with a fever and a headache but has since been discharged and is at home recovering, health officials said.
Jamestown Canyon virus (JCV) is transmitted through the bite of an infected mosquito. According to state health officials, this is New Hampshire's 12th case of the virus
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?7715990&promed&0
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