GRAND ISLAND, Neb. (KOLN) - The Central District Health Department reported Wednesday the first confirmed human case of West Nile Virus (WNV) infection in the district.

The risk for getting WNV continues as mosquito pools in the Central District - Hall, Hamilton and Merrick Counties - now test positive for WNV.

People become infected with WNV when mosquitoes feed on infected birds and then bite people. Because WNV can be transmitted through blood and organ transplantation, people who were recently diagnosed with WNV should not donate blood or bone marrow for 120 days following infection.

There are no vaccines to prevent or medicines to treat WNV in people, but most infected people do not feel sick. About one in five people who are infected develop a fever and other symptoms. About one o

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