Winnemucca Blog

Nevada Appeal:

The total human West Nile cases in Nevada has reached 17, which is one less than last week because of a duplicate reporting out of Washoe. Carson City has had two cases. Last year, there weren’t any reported for Carson City.

Humboldt County is the highest with eight human cases, only two months into the West Nile virus season that stretches from July to October.

“Roughly 80 percent of those who are infected show no symptoms or very mild symptoms,” said health division spokeswoman Martha Framsted. “And in that case, you wouldn’t necessarily be sick enough to go to your doctor.”

About one in 150 experience the more severe form of the disease, West Nile encephalitis or meningitis or West Nile poliomyelitis, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.