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Kansa’s health officer Suppose you monitor six cases of West -Nil viruses and five of them this year as serious.
By August 15, the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) will show three cases in the North Center region of Kansas and three more in the southern central part of the state.
The KDHE says that five of the six cases are classified as neuroinvasive. Jill Bronaugh, a Kdhe spokesman, said that non-neuroinvasive cases are less serious, according to a report, of a report of less serious KSNT.
Bronaugh explained that infected subjects with non-neuroin-vasive cases are much more difficult to flu-like symptoms and neuroinvasive cases.
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A west -nil -virus 3D illustration. The West -Nil -Virus is transferred by mosquitoes and causes West -Nil fever. (IStock)
“Neuroinvasive cases are those in which there are clinical evidence of the participation of the central nervous system in the disease process,” said Bronaugh. “These cases are generally more serious and include symptoms such as high fever, inflammation of the brain and/or the tissue that surrounds the brain, orientation, paralysis or muscle weakness, deafness and visual loss. These cases generally have a longer recreational period and require more extensive medical intervention.”
According to a report by the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE), the numbers are still below the sums of the past year, but some health officers warn that the risk will increase when mosquito activity reaches its peak in late summer.
Last year Kansas 64 infections recorded, Including four deaths according to KDHE data.
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On the skin of a human host in the middle you can see a Culex Quinquefasciatus mosquito for the control and prevention of diseases (CDC). (Reuters/CDC/James Gathany)
Kdhe currently has a West -Nil -virus dashboardwhich is updated on Fridays during the surveillance season from July to September.
According to the CDC, WNV is often spread during the summer by bite from infected mosquitoes during the mosquito season.
The ceremonies are from August to the beginning of September, reports the CDC website, and around 2,000 people in the USA are diagnosed annually, although these numbers are low due to the slight symptoms.
The CDC says that typical symptoms such as high fever, headache, stiffness, stupor, disorientation, coma, tremors, cramps, muscle weakness, visual loss, deafness or spoiling tend to be displayed 2 to 6 days 2 to 6 days after bite.
In a trap, mosquitoes can be seen in Pleasant Hill, California. (Getty Images)
Unfortunately there are no medication available for treatment West Nile, But the CDC notes that most of the people who are infected relax.
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The CDC says that most people who are infected with the West Nil virus “have a lifelong immunity or protection against the recovery of the disease”.
Health officers have asked the residents to use precautionary measures when they go outdoors to protect themselves from mosquito bites. Officials suggest Insect preservatives, Wearing long sleeves and pants outdoors and eliminating standing water around houses where mosquitoes can breed.
