ARMSTRONG COUNTY, Texas (KAMR/KCIT) – The Texas Department of State Health Services reported a case of West Nile virus was confirmed in a horse in Armstrong County and a mosquito in Parmer County, adding to the list of confirmed instances of virus activity in the Texas Panhandle in 2025.
According to a Texas county summary map published by Texas DSHS, cases of West Nile virus were recently confirmed in both Armstrong and Parmer counties. As noted in previous reports, West Nile virus is spread through a bite from an infected mosquito and can infect humans, birds, mosquitoes, horses and other animals.
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Four other instances of confirmed West Nile virus activity have been reported in the Texas Panhandle in 2025 by Texas DSHS, including one horse in Castro County, mosquitoes in both Potter and Randall counties and one instance of the virus being found in blood donated in Randall County. The instance of the virus in the Randall County blood donation was not counted as a “case” because the person did not have symptoms.
Most people with West Nile virus, which incubates between two and 14 days, will not develop illness. However, DSHS said 20% of infected people develop symptoms that can include a fever, headache, body aches, and occasionally a skin rash and swollen lymph glands…