Health officials: Two confirmed cases of WNV in Kern County

New Jersey health officials have confirmed two human cases of West Nile virus in the state. However, it has been classified as a low risk of the virus by the state Department of Environmental Protection.

One of the cases is from southwest Kern County and the other is from southeast Kern County.

The Eastern Ontario Health Unit said Thursday there are no human cases to date but an active monitoring problem of the insects in the SD&G, Prescott and Russell has detected the virus. This is the first case reported by Serbia in the current transmission season. Its symptoms are similar to that of flu and can result with inflammation to the brain, called as encephalitis.

The majority of the mosquitoes the province is counting proper now are simply widespread pests, however Curry says they’ve discovered a few of the culex tarsalis mosquitoes which can carry West Nile virus. Most of the samples came from York County and 102 of those were tested positive. The cases are in Camden and Burlington Counties.

According to Dispatch Times, David Schmidt, West Nile coordinator for Lancaster and Lebanon counties, said in an email that mosquito samples that were collected this month from several parts of the city have tested positive for West Nile Virus. In the worst condition the infection may cause paralysis, coma, loss of vision, tremors, convulsions and death.