Health officials say the first human West Nile virus case reported in the region this year involved a Clark County resident in her 40s, as the Las Vegas Sun reported. It was a neuroinvasive infection, and she was hospitalized.
What happened?
According to a news release from the Southern Nevada Health District, the patient spent time in Clark County during the virus’s incubation period and had also traveled to another state that has reported several human West Nile virus infections. The agency did not identify the state.
Fortunately, the woman has since recovered from the ailment. Officials still do not know where the exposure happened.
“Most people infected with West Nile virus experience mild symptoms or no symptoms at all, but some infections can result in serious illness,” Dr. Cassius Lockett of the Southern Nevada Health District said in the release…