Indiana West Nile Virus Update

Two counties in the state of INDIANA recently confirmed the presence of mosquitoes carrying the West Nile Virus, according to the Indiana State Department of Health. The latest lab-confirmed case of West Nile Virus amongst a small batch of mosquitoes occurred in Hamilton County, which is in Central Indiana and north of Indianapolis. The online map from the ISDH was updated on July 5th (yesterday) at 1:00 P.M. Eastern Time. Adams County, located in Eastern Indiana and south of Fort Wayne, was the first county with reports of WNV activity. Fortunately, the number of people confirmed to have WNV is currently zero — this is shown by the WNV Human Disease Cases feature in the left sidebar on the map. The United States' Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has a nationwide map of WNV activity. As of this posting according to the map, the states of California, Mississippi, South Dakota, Tennessee, and Texas actually have cases of human WNV infections.