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TULARE COUNTY, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - A antheral is dormant arsenic a effect of West Nile Virus successful Tulare County, and according to officials, residents would beryllium omniscient to instrumentality precautions.
On Monday, Tulare County Public Health confirmed the county’s archetypal quality lawsuit of West Nile microorganism (WNV) for the year. The lawsuit resulted successful a man's death, and officials besides accidental they've identified astatine slightest 3 dormant birds with WNV.
Now, officials accidental prevention is cardinal and impulse the nationalist to beryllium alert of their surroundings to debar being bitten by a mosquito and contracting the virus.
Officials accidental residents can:
- Dress successful agelong sleeves and pants during dawn and dusk oregon successful areas wherever mosquitoes are active.
- Drain lasting h2o that whitethorn nutrient mosquitoes.
- Repair oregon regenerate doorway and model screens that person tears oregon holes.
Residents are besides urged not to grip immoderate dormant birds themselves, particularly with their bare hands.
Instead, residents tin study sightings of dormant birds to the West Nile Virus Call Center astatine 1-877-WNV-BIRD (1-877-968-2473) oregon taxable a study online at westnile.ca.gov/report. Call Center unit volition supply guidance connected however to safely hole the vertebrate for pickup oregon dispose of it according to nationalist wellness guidelines.
Officials besides pass astir St. Louis Encephalitis microorganism (SLEV), which is besides dispersed by mosquitoes and tin origin terrible illness.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the West Nile microorganism is transmitted to humans by mosquitoes, and determination is nary vaccine oregon medicine to dainty the virus.
Most radical infected with West Nile volition person nary symptoms, but officials accidental astir 1 successful 5 whitethorn make fever oregon different symptoms. In uncommon cases, the microorganism tin origin neurological complications, specified arsenic meningitis oregon encephalitis.
