Shiloh
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Source: http://www.concordmonitor.com/jefferson-canyon-virus-nh-12815848
Second case of rare mosquito-borne virus found in N.H. this year
By DAVID BROOKS
Monitor staff
Friday, September 29, 2017
A second case of a rare mosquito-borne virus has been confirmed in New Hampshire.
The New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services has identified a case of Jamestown Canyon virus in an adult from Goffstown, although it?s not clear whether the disease was acquired in the state or from a mosquito bite while the victim was traveling.
The person?s condition was not released.
In August an adult in Hanover was treated and released for the virus-caused illness, which apparently had been transmitted by a mosquito bite in New Hampshire.
Jamestown Canyon virus is found throughout the U.S. but produces few or no symptoms in most people, which makes it hard to judge how widespread it is. Only about 50 cases have been serious enough to be reported nationally since 2000...
Second case of rare mosquito-borne virus found in N.H. this year
By DAVID BROOKS
Monitor staff
Friday, September 29, 2017
A second case of a rare mosquito-borne virus has been confirmed in New Hampshire.
The New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services has identified a case of Jamestown Canyon virus in an adult from Goffstown, although it?s not clear whether the disease was acquired in the state or from a mosquito bite while the victim was traveling.
The person?s condition was not released.
In August an adult in Hanover was treated and released for the virus-caused illness, which apparently had been transmitted by a mosquito bite in New Hampshire.
Jamestown Canyon virus is found throughout the U.S. but produces few or no symptoms in most people, which makes it hard to judge how widespread it is. Only about 50 cases have been serious enough to be reported nationally since 2000...