Tag: West Nile Virus
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Adams County reports first two human cases of West Nile virus for 2025
Adams County Health Department officials confirmed the first two human cases of West Nile Virus this year, likely contracted from infected mosquitos in late June. Neighboring counties have reported mosquitoes that tested positive for the virus, however ACHD has not found the virus in Adams County mosquitoes this year in its seasonal testing. So far…
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First human case of West Nile Virus confirmed in El Paso County
An El Paso County resident has tested positive for West Nile Virus, the first human case in the county this year, local public health officials announced Monday. People and animals become infected with the virus when they are bitten by an infected mosquito. Mosquitos contract the virus when they feed on infected birds. In Colorado,…
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Coloradans urged to protect themselves against West Nile virus-infected mosquitoes
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Culex is loose. Public health officials are advising anyone planning on celebrating Fourth of July outdoors that millions of the genus of mosquito, known as Culex, which carries West Nile virus are stealth and hungry. The first person hospitalized with neurological symptoms for the…
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Colorado No. 1 in U.S. for West Nile
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The West Nile virus stuck it to Colorado this year. Thanks to perfect mosquito breeding conditions during Colorado’s abnormally wet spring and a dry summer, the virus hit Coloradans harder this season than it has since the illness first emerged here 20 years ago. Since…
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Colorado reports first West Nile virus death of 2023
A Weld County resident is the first Coloradan to die from West Nile virus this year, state health officials confirmed Friday. Colorado has had 12 confirmed human cases of West Nile virus across eight counties this year, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment said. Although the numbers may seem relatively small, cases are…
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Colorado’s first detection of West Nile Virus reported on eve of holiday weekend
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Talk about holiday buzz kill. The type of mosquito which carries the West Nile Virus is flourishing, thanks to Colorado’s record-setting wet spring and early summer, which was followed by warm temperatures. Culex mosquitoes are multiplying “like the fluffs on a dandelion head,” according to one Metropolitan State University biologist. And on the eve of…
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CDC issues malaria warning; Colorado health officials say risk is low | HEALTHY BITES
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All mosquitos bite. But it’s the bite from a female Anopheles mosquito that can transmit malaria. The United States sees roughly 2,000 malaria cases a year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). But those are typically individuals who have traveled or lived abroad where malaria transmission often occurs — many from…
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West Nile virus confirmed in Boulder County
The first case this season of West Nile virus has surfaced in Boulder County, infecting a 65-year-old man from Longmont, Boulder County Public Health said Friday. The mosquito-borne disease can cause fever and headaches, and in some cases lead to encephalitis, a brain infection. To date, there have been five reported cases in Colorado this…
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West Nile Virus cases climb in Colorado; most cases seen in five years
West Nile Virus infections and deaths are both up from last year, and there have been more cases so far than at any point since 2016, according to data from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. As of this week, 139 Coloradans have contracted the mosquito-borne illness, which has resulted in six deaths.…
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Colorado mosquitos test positive for West Nile virus
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Mosquitos collected in Weld County tested positive for the West Nile Virus, according to the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment on Thursday, marking the first confirmed case of the disease so far this season statewide, the department reported. The infected mosquitos were discovered during a…