Mosquitoes testing positive for\u00a0West Nile virus\u00a0have been detected in Dallas.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The city announced Tuesday that controlled areas would be sprayed with insecticide following the discovery.<\/p>\n
On May 14, West Nile-positive mosquitoes were found<\/a> in Fort Worth and Grand Prairie.The first West Nile-positive Texan was\u00a0reported<\/a> Tuesday \u2014 a Houston-area resident diagnosed with West Nile neuroinvasive disease, the rare, serious variant of the virus\u2019 symptoms.<\/p>\n West Nile is a mosquito-borne disease transmitted to people through mosquito bites. Public health officials in Dallas-Fort Worth recommend\u00a0taking precautions against mosquito bites and eliminating standing water.\u00a0<\/p>\n Most people bitten by West Nile-positive mosquitoes never develop symptoms. For the 20% who do, fevers, headaches, nausea, joint pain and body aches are common. In rare cases, according to the CDC, more severe complications impacting the brain and nervous system are possible.<\/p>\n In a news release, the city detailed plans to spray the Central and West Oak Cliff areas\u00a0between Whitew<\/a>ood Drive, Periwinkle Drive, Rugged Drive and Myrtlewood Drive. The Red Bird area\u00a0will be sprayed as well, between Mid<\/a>vale Drive, Woodshire Drive, R.L. Thornton Freeway and Seaside Drive. Spraying will take place between\u00a09 p.m. and 5 a.m. in both locations Wednesday and Thursday.<\/p>\n The city recommends residents in the affected areas stay inside while the spray is being distributed in order to avoid contact, though the insecticide has been approved by the Environmental Protection Agency. Should residents come in contact with the spray, they are advised to wash the area with soap and water.<\/p>\n According to the Texas Department of State Health Services, counties in North Texas regularly collect and test mosquitoes for the virus.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mosquitoes testing positive for\u00a0West Nile virus\u00a0have been detected in Dallas.\u00a0 The city announced Tuesday that controlled areas would…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":294880,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[102,104,103,859,109711,95705,87998,88945],"class_list":["post-302245","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dallas","tag-dallas","tag-dallas-headlines","tag-dallas-news","tag-public-health","tag-tp-area-de-oak-cliff","tag-tp-southern-dallas","tag-tp-dallas","tag-tp-oak-cliff"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302245","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=302245"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302245\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/294880"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=302245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=302245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=302245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}