DENTON COUNTY, Texas — Denton County Public Health confirmed the county’s first case of West Nile virus in a human in 2025.
On Tuesday, DCPH announced that a community member living in the northwest quadrant of Denton County was diagnosed with West Nile Virus Neuroinvasive Disease, though no additional information was provided.
“We’re seeing more positive mosquito traps in the last few weeks, indicating increasing risk for contracting West Nile Virus, just as we’ve seen in our first human case of the season,” Juan Rodriguez, DCPH Assistant Director and Chief Epidemiologist, said in a news release. “We ask community members to take preventive actions to lower their risk of contracting a mosquito-borne illness.”…