Health officials have confirmed the first case of West Nile Virus in the city of Arcadia this year, authorities said this weekend.<\/p>\n
The sample was collected on Aug. 18 from a trap site near Baldwin Stocker Park, according to the San Gabriel Valley Mosquito and Vector Control District<\/p>\n
West Nile virus is transmitted to people and animals through the bite of an infected mosquito. Most people who become infected have no symptoms, while about one in five develop a fever and other symptoms, according to health officials.<\/p>\n
About one in 150 infected people develop severe symptoms that can include high fever, stiff neck and muscle weakness. Severe illness can include meningitis, encephalitis and paralysis, health officials said.<\/p>\n
People older than 50 and those with certain health conditions face a greater risk of serious illness.<\/p>\n
There is no vaccine or specific treatment for West Nile virus.<\/p>\n
Earlier this month, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health confirmed the county’s first West Nile virus death of the year amid elevated virus activity statewide.<\/p>\n
The person who died was a San Fernando Valley resident who was hospitalized with neurological illness caused by severe West Nile virus.<\/p>\n
To reduce exposure to mosquitoes with WNV, residents are urged to:<\/p>\n
Get rid of standing water, aside from pools properly treated with chemicals.<\/p>\n
Spend as little time as possible outdoors at dawn or dusk, when mosquitoes are generally on the move.<\/p>\n
Wear long pants and long-sleeved shirts during outdoor activity in mosquito-prone areas.<\/p>\n
Use insect repellent.<\/p>\n
Ensure door and window screens are fitted properly to keep bugs out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Health officials have confirmed the first case of West Nile Virus in the city of Arcadia this year,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":448520,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[5095,1570,48,52,51,47,50,49,5760],"class_list":["post-448519","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-arcadia","tag-health","tag-la","tag-la-headlines","tag-la-news","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-headlines","tag-los-angeles-news","tag-san-gabriel-valley"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/448519","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=448519"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/448519\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/448520"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=448519"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=448519"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=448519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}