The state has documented the first case of West Nile Virus related illness in a human for this year.
The N.C. Dept. of Health and Human Services said the case occurred in a resident of Durham County. West Nile virus-infected mosquitoes were also recently identified through routine monitoring in Pitt County. This mosquito testing is part of a collaboration between Pitt County Vector Control and NCDHHS to prevent transmission of West Nile virus and other mosquito-borne diseases.
West Nile virus is a mosquito-borne virus that can cause serious, life-altering disease or death. Only cases of neurologic illness are reportable in North Carolina. The virus is carried by wild birds and can be transmitted to people through the bite of an infected mosquito. It does not spread from person to person…