Disease Detectives at Work: St. Louis encephalitis investigation

By |2017-02-10T09:48:45-07:00July 21st, 2016|Preparedness|

Last summer Arizona had an outbreak of St. Louis encephalitis virus, which is similar to West Nile virus. Both are spread most commonly by the bite of an infected mosquito, but other possible routes of infection include organ transplants, blood transfusions, or needle sticks in laboratories. Public health was notified that one person in Arizona [...]