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FRESNO, Calif (KSEE/KGPE) – Mosquitoes astir the Central Valley person tested affirmative for West Nile microorganism and St. Louis encephalitis virus, the Consolidated Mosquito Abatement District announced Wednesday.
According to the CDC, astir radical bash not make symptoms for either virus, but for those that do, the consequences tin beryllium deadly.
Per CDC statistics, astir 20% of radical who are infected make a fever with headaches, assemblage aches, associated pains, vomiting, diarrhea, oregon rash. One successful 150 radical make much terrible symptoms including encephalitis (inflammation of the brain) oregon meningitis (inflammation of the membranes that situation the encephalon and spinal cord).
The CDC says the St. Louis Encephalitis microorganism is akin to the West Nile microorganism successful that astir volition not make symptoms, but those who bash whitethorn acquisition fever, headache, dizziness, nausea, and generalized weakness. Like the West Nile virus, terrible symptoms tin pb to encephalitis oregon meningitis.
There are nary vaccines oregon medicines to forestall oregon specifically dainty either virus. Here are tips that the CDC recommends:
- Using an EPA-registered insect repellent connected exposed tegument oregon wearing loose-fitting long-sleeved shirts and pants erstwhile extracurricular from dusk to dawn to debar being bitten.
- The Mosquito Abatement District says it is besides important to bare immoderate water-holding containers astatine slightest erstwhile a week, including favored h2o dishes, to deter mosquito accumulation who usage the inactive h2o to breed.
“It is indispensable for residents to instrumentality indispensable precautions to forestall mosquito bites and mosquito improvement astir their homes,” said Katherine Ramirez, the Director of Science and Outreach for the District.
The mosquitoes carrying West Nile microorganism were discovered wrong metropolis limits successful Fresno, Clovis, Sanger, Kingsburg, and Selma. The mosquitoes infected with St. Louis Encephalitis microorganism were recovered successful Fresno and Clovis.
