The Wisconsin Department of Health Services announced yesterday that a human case of St. Louis encephalitis virus (SLEV) disease was confirmed in a resident of Dane County, the first reported case in the state since 1981. SLEV is related to West Nile virus (WNV) and, like WNV, is spread to people through the bite of an infected mosquito. SLEV is not transmitted person-to-person. SLEV is rare in Wisconsin, with only six human cases reported between 1964 and 2018 and no major outbreaks have ever been reported in the state.
St. Louis Encephalitis Virus Located in Dane County
Nov 6, 2018 | 3:00 PM
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