The Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) has updated their website to include data on cases of West Nile virus through Sept. 15. No cases involving humans or horses or mosquito-pools were reported in Daviess County so far this year.
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No cases involving humans were reported in Daviess or any of its surrounding counties; however, two cases were reported in horses in nearby Gentry County.
Concerns regarding county level data were brought to the attention of DHSS through inquiries. As a result, the process was reviewed and changed to include county level data for West Nile virus in most circumstances.
According to the Missouri DHSS, 12 confirmed or probable cases of West Nile virus and other domestic arboviruses are listed, spanning from July 17 to Aug. 23, 2018. Ten of these cases of mosquito-borne disease in humans were in St. Louis City or St. Louis County; one was in Jackson County, which involved a fatality; and one was in Boone County.
Three cases of mosquito-borne disease which tested positive in horses were reported over this summer: one in Laclede and two in Gentry County.
Three mosquito pools tested positive for mosquito-borne disease in Missouri. One in St. Louis County in June, one in St. Charles County in July; and one in Jefferson County, also in July. The case status for those mosquito pools was “probable.”