Seventeen mosquito samples have examined constructive for West Nile virus throughout Lengthy Island.
The samples have been collected in Huntington Station (1), Northport (1), Dix Hills (2), Melville (1), Lindenhurst (4), Bay Shore (4), St. James (1), Farmingville (1) and North Patchogue (1) on July 22, 2025, and in Holtsville (1) on July 23.
Thus far, Suffolk County has reported 32 mosquito samples testing constructive for West Nile virus. No birds have examined constructive for West Nile virus this season.
The virus was first detected in birds and mosquito samples in Suffolk County in 1999. It’s transmitted to people by the chew of an contaminated mosquito.
Suffolk County reported 21 human instances of West Nile virus in 2024 and 5 in 2023. 9 folks have died from West Nile virus since 2000.
These contaminated with the virus can expertise gentle or no signs, however some can develop extreme signs together with excessive fever, headache, neck stiffness, stupor, disorientation, coma, tremors, convulsions, muscle weak point, imaginative and prescient loss, numbness, and paralysis. The signs might final a number of weeks, and neurological results could also be everlasting.
People, particularly these 50 years or older or these with compromised immune methods, are urged to take precautions to keep away from being bitten by mosquitoes.
Extra details about West Nile virus in Suffolk County might be discovered right here.
