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Sep 3, 2022

US health officials brace for mosquito-borne virus that can cause paralysis and death as temperatures rise

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Basically the United States has alerts for the west Nile as it seems to be spreading across many states.


As temperatures warm, US health officials are braced for rising rates of West Nile virus, a disease transmitted by mosquitoes that can cause meningitis, paralysis, and death.

Oklahoma reported its first West Nile death of the year on Thursday, in a resident who had been hospitalized with the illness.

In 2021, eight people got sick and one died of West Nile virus in Oklahoma, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The virus often infects people without causing symptoms, but can be deadly if it reaches the brain.

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