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Human Cases

County Age Gender Clinical Diagnosis Date Reported
Sangamon 53 Male Fever October 12, 2005


Neuroinvasive Disease
- The most severe type of disease due to a person being infected with West Nile virus is sometimes called “neuroinvasive disease” because it affects a person’s nervous system. Specific types of neuroinvasive disease include: West Nile encephalitis, West Nile meningitis or West Nile meningoencephalitis. Encephalitis refers to an inflammation of the brain, meningitis is an inflammation of the membrane around the brain and the spinal cord, and meningoencephalitis refers to inflammation of the brain and the membrane surrounding it.

West Nile fever - West Nile Fever is another type of illness that can occur in people who become infected with the virus. It is characterized by fever, headache, tiredness, aches and sometimes rash. Although the illness can be as short as a few days, even healthy people have been sick for several weeks.

Other Clinical/Unspecified - Includes persons with clinical manifestations other than West Nile fever, West Nile encephalitis or West Nile meningitis, such as acute flaccid paralysis. Unspecified cases are those for which sufficient clinical information was not provided.

Reported Animal/Insect Positives

County Municipality Date Collected Animal/Insect
Sangamon Springfield September 17, 2005 American crow
Sangamon Springfield September 16, 2005 Mosquitoes
Sangamon Springfield September 12, 2005 Mosquitoes
Sangamon Springfield September 12, 2005 Mosquitoes
Sangamon Springfield September 6, 2005 Mosquitoes
Sangamon Springfield August 29, 2005 Mosquitoes
Sangamon Springfield August 26, 2005 Mosquitoes
Sangamon Springfield August 15, 2005 Mosquitoes
Sangamon Springfield August 10, 2005 Mosquitoes
Sangamon Springfield July 22, 2005 American crow




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