The Corpus Christi-Nueces County Public Health District has confirmed their first West Nile Virus infection in the county.
This is the first infection of 2020 in Nueces County.
The patient is a male in his 50s and is currently hospitalized locally. He lives in the 78417 zip code area where the health district has not identified a positive case of the virus in mosquitoes.
West Nile Virus is spread by the bite of an infected mosquito.
Symptoms include:
- Fever
- Headache
- Tiredness
- Body aches
- Occasionally a skin rash, sometimes on the trunk of the body
- Swollen lymph glands
Illness can be as short as a few days or last several weeks. According to the CDC, Texas has reported 48 cases of West Nile and eight deaths for 2020.
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