Health officials in Colorado reported the first confirmed human case of West Nile virus on Monday after additional human cases were announced in California and Texas.
reported the first human case of West Nile virus in the state this year on Monday, as cases are confirmed across the nation.
The Department of Public Health & Environment said the case was found in an individual from La Pata County, as well as in mosquitoes in seven counties. "Mosquito populations are at historic levels in some parts of the state due to the high rainfall this year. This unusually high mosquito activity along with known presence of the virus has caused an elevated risk of West Nile virus transmission to humans," the department warned.
This advisory comes after cases were detected in a man from Tulare County, California, and a man in Dallas County, Texas.
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