West Nile virus warning as health departments across the US report the season's first detection of mosquitoeswith the killer virus

New York, Illinois, Texas and California have West Nile virus infected mosquitoes
These state health departments reported detecting the virus in the past week
West Nile virus can cause complications and is identified by nausea and fever
There were 2,000 cases of the virus reported to the CDC last year


Mosquitoes carrying the potentially dangerous West Nile virus have been detected by health officials across the US.
Several state health departments announced within the past week they had spotted the first signs of the virus for the 2017 season.
Some of these states include New York, Illinois, Texas, Minnesota, Michigan and California.
West Nile virus can cause serious complications if contracted, and is characterized by nausea and fever.


The New York City Health Department announced on Monday it had detected signs of the virus in the pesky insects.
The agency says the infected mosquitoes were found in Staten Island. No human cases were reported in the agency's announcement Monday.
The department says it will spray pesticides to target mosquito breeding grounds if persistent West Nile virus activity is reported.
New York is the latest state to report detection of West Nile virus.
Last year there were around 2,000 cases of West Nile virus reported to the CDC.
Of these, 56 percent were classified as neuroinvasive disease, such as meningitis or encephalitis, and 44 percent were classified as non-neuroinvasive disease, according to the organization.
One out of 150 people infected with the disease will develop severe illness.
Symptoms include high fever, headache, neck stiffness, stupor, disorientation, coma, tremors, convulsions, muscle weakness, vision loss, numbness and paralysis.
These symptoms may last several weeks and neurological effects may be permanent.
Toni Corona, an official for Illinois' Madison County Health Department told The Telegraph that a mild winter may lead to more mosquitoes during the summer.
She said the weather allows for more adult mosquitoes to survive, which could mean a higher number of insects carrying viruses such as West Nile or Zika.
West Nile can be found in mosquitoes in mostly any state, but California, Colorado, Illinois, South Dakota and Texas had more than 100 cases each last year.


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