1st human West Nile virus case reported in Lubbock
by Press Release from Outbreak News Today on (#202XZ)
The City of Lubbock Health Department has confirmed the first human case of West Nile Virus in Lubbock for 2016. WNV is a disease of birds. Humans are exposed to the virus when they are bitten by mosquitoes that have fed on infected birds. The infected mosquitoes become the link (vector) that spreads the disease ["]
