Your Baby and West Nile Virus
With mosquito season fast approaching, parents are wondering what threat the West Nile Virus poses for their children. Here’s what you need to know.
- Risk to babies is low.
- It is unlikely your child will get sick from West Nile Virus. Data from several jurisdictions show that, thus far, the disease rarely makes them ill.
- Infected doesn’t mean sick. West Nile is the greatest threat for the elderly, and adults with compromised immune systems.
- While some people have become severely ill with West Nile Virus, experts say that most people who get the virus probably won’t even know it.
- The mosquito that does most of the spreading likes to live near human beings. As a result, West Nile Virus strikes city dwellers most often, although we think of mosquitoes as being more numerous when we are at the cottage or in a country setting.
- The best way to reduce the number of mosquitoes near your home is to get rid of pockets of standing water in bird baths, clogged eaves troughs or anywhere else rainwater collects.
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