According to KPRC Click2Houston, Texas officials confirmed the state’s first human West Nile infection of the year in Harris County.
The Texas Department of State Health Services said the patient was diagnosed with West Nile neuroinvasive disease, a rare but serious complication of the virus.
Unlike the more common form of West Nile infection, the neuroinvasive version can affect the brain and nervous system. It can lead to long-term problems or, in severe cases, death…