The Jamestown Canyon virus has been confirmed for the first time in Nebraska, according to the Douglas County Health Department. Samples from a mosquito pool collected from Cunningham Lake in Douglas County on June 25 were found to have the virus, officials said.The virus, which was first identified in Colorado in 1961, is transmitted to humans through bites from mosquitoes that have bitten infected white-tailed deer, the Douglas County Health Department.Officials said humans are “dead-end” hosts and cannot spread the virus to mosquitoes that bite them. The virus is also not transmitted person-to-person.There are no confirmed human cases this year in the United States, the Douglas County Health Department said.Symptoms can include a flu-like illness with fever to severe neurologic conditions such as meningitis or meningoencephalitis. The incubation period is typically 2-14 days after a mosquito bite, according to the health department.”About half of all cases require hospitalization, but deaths are rare. Since there is no cure, treatment consists of treating symptoms until a sick individual recovers,” the health department said in a release.The health department is encourging people to take precaution by using bug spray, wearing long pants and sleeves, and ensuring you have bug screens on your windows.Click here for the latest headlines from KETV NewsWatch 7
The Jamestown Canyon virus has been confirmed for the first time in Nebraska, according to the Douglas County Health Department.
Samples from a mosquito pool collected from Cunningham Lake in Douglas County on June 25 were found to have the virus, officials said.
The virus, which was first identified in Colorado in 1961, is transmitted to humans through bites from mosquitoes that have bitten infected white-tailed deer, the Douglas County Health Department.
Officials said humans are “dead-end” hosts and cannot spread the virus to mosquitoes that bite them. The virus is also not transmitted person-to-person.
There are no confirmed human cases this year in the United States, the Douglas County Health Department said.
Symptoms can include a flu-like illness with fever to severe neurologic conditions such as meningitis or meningoencephalitis. The incubation period is typically 2-14 days after a mosquito bite, according to the health department.
“About half of all cases require hospitalization, but deaths are rare. Since there is no cure, treatment consists of treating symptoms until a sick individual recovers,” the health department said in a release.
The health department is encourging people to take precaution by using bug spray, wearing long pants and sleeves, and ensuring you have bug screens on your windows.
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