THE FOLLOWING IS A VERMILION COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT RELEASE
A mosquito batch collected in northern rural Danville has tested positive for West Nile Virus. This is the first positive batch of mosquitoes in the county this year. Each year during the months of May through the end of September, Environmental Health staff members set mosquito traps throughout the county. The trapped mosquitos are then collected and tested for the West Nile Virus.
Symptoms of West Nile Virus can include a fever, body aches, joint pains, headaches, vomiting, diarrhea, or a rash, and can last up to several weeks. The Center for Disease Control says that only 1 in 5 people infected with the virus develop symptoms, and less than 1 percent of them develop severe or fatal neurological illness.
